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2 -The legal, medical and financial professions are known for using complex terminology. But it is not necessary and confuses users of their services.
2 +The legal, medical and financial professions are known for using complex terminology. But it's not necessary and confuses people who use their services.
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5 5  Law
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14 14  Over the years, judges have tried to decide what the legal writers intended their writing to mean. They evolved a set of tools to do this analysis: Statutory Interpretation.
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16 -When we write in plain English we can make meaning clear, so that judges don’t have to rely on these, sometimes contradictory, interpretations.
16 +Writing in plain English can make meaning clear, so that judges don’t have to rely on these sometimes contradictory interpretations.
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19 19  === 1. Explain the law in context. ===
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30 30  == ==
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32 -== Usability evidence ==
32 +== Usability evidence for plain English in law ==
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34 34  [['Joseph Kimble—No, the law does not (normally) require legalese'>>url:http://www.ivacheung.com/2015/07/joseph-kimble-no-the-law-does-not-normally-require-legalese-editing-goes-global-2015/]] Editing Goes Global, 2015. Professor Joseph Kimble discusses the "psuedo-precision of legalese".
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46 46  == Medicine ==
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48 -People need letters and reports about their health from doctors and consultants to be easy to understand.
48 +People need letters and reports about their health from doctors and consultants to be easy to understand. And they need online information to be comprehensible. 
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51 -Usability evidence
51 +=== 1. Write clearly. ===
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53 -[[Plain English Campaign – guide to medical information>>url:http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/medicalguide.pdf]]
53 +Users of the information might be in shock or anxious, which reduces cognition.
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56 +=== 2. Explain medical terms. ===
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58 +Medical terms are likely not to be understood by your readers. It is likely assuming they would know a word in a foreign language. Follow the word or phrase with a plain English explanation.
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61 +== Usability evidence for plain English in medicine ==
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63 +[[Plain English Campaign – guide to medical information>>http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/medicalguide.pdf]]
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55 55  [[Academy of Medical Royal Colleges – Guidance on writing letters to outpatients>>http://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Please_write_to_me_Guidance_010918.pdf]]
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58 58  == Money ==
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60 -Many people do not understand their finances and it causes them problems. Complex terminology and arrangements about a non-tangible resource makes things difficult for everybody.
70 +Many people do not understand their finances and it causes them problems. Complex terminology describing concept-heavy arrangements about a non-tangible resource makes things difficult for everybody.
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73 +=== 1. Use clear language. ===
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77 +=== 2. Explain terminology. ===
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81 +=== 3. Give examples of conceptual arrangements. ===
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84 +== Usability evidence for plain English in finance ==
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