Complex sentence: According to Burnett, strings of four words can usually be interpreted but may distract and annoy the reader; strings of five words or more are open to several different interpretations and can be indecipherable.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Burnett, strings of four words can usually be interpreted but may distract and annoy the reader. She points out that strings of five words or more are open to several different interpretations and can be indecipherable.