SIMPLE SENTENCE SYNDROME (SSS) -- Writing characterized by strings of simple sentences.
Simple Sentence Syndrome raises a slightly different issue than the other TFR items.
The extra work that SSS causes for readers is not so much about understanding a given
sentence, but it has to do with readers having to make logical connections between ideas
rather than reading sentences in which the ideas have already been combined.
Additionally---and on a much less abstract level---documents with Simple Sentence Syndrome
sound like they've been written by and/or for six year olds. Unless you are preparing a
document for elementary school children, you will serve yourself well to combine strings of
simple sentences into more developed ones.
As suggested on the SSS Example page, simple sentences are a legitimate product of the drafting
process---do whatever you need to do to get the ideas out of your head. However, once you're done drafting,
keep an eye out for places where your writing suffers from SSS.