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Very good advice, cassidym. Though I would point out that, in part, it is good advice in no small part due to the current (medium- to long-term) trends of English.
In many languages--and indeed in English too before the mid to early 20th century or so--simplification is not expected to be a primary concern/aim of the writer, and succinct spartan sentences are eschewed in favour of purposefully complex compound sentences and other devices that in modern English writing would be perceived as unnecessary and undesirable complications.
I point this out for the sake of interest. As noted in my first sentence, your advice obviously makes sound good sense for contemporary English writing.
- Ahi
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