I say all this is simple, but tying noun phrases together with weak verbal knots is simple. Adding strong verbs is hard. A sentence should be a labor to write, not to read. Nouny sentences are the reverse: a labor to read, a breeze to write. Those who write them assume that, just by gumming nouns together, they have communicated with other human beings. All they have achieved is a lazy, bogus fluency.
