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7	7	* **motor impairments** – it's less tiring when you can understand what you read quickly
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11	11	== Guidelines ==
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13	13	[[Plain English>>Plain English||anchor="pe"]]
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	18	+[[Medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]]
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	21	+[[Words to avoid>>doc:.Words to avoid.WebHome]]
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23	23	== {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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25	25	Make content clear and understandable, to open the web up for users with different literacy levels and access challenges.
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75	75	[[Plain language entry>>url:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language]], Wikipedia, last updated 2018
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	87	+== ==
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	89	+== {{id name="ssl"/}}Simple sentences ==
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81	81	=== 1. Make your average sentence 15 words long. ===
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83		-The maximum sentence length we would recommend for easy comprehension is 25 words.
	93	+The maximum sentence length for a good level of comprehension is 25 words. Split long sentences up into 2 or 3, or use bullet points.
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85		-You can split longer sentences up into 2 or 3 or restructure the content with bullet points to make meaning clearer for users.
	95	+Oxford Guide to plain English, GOV.UK and linguists agree 15 word sentences are fine but above 40 words is hard to understand.
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88		-== 2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ==
	98	+=== 2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ===
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90	90	They are less easy to comprehend quickly. Understanding them requires more cognitive effort than simple sentences.
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103	103	== Usability evidence for simple sentences ==
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105		-"People with some learning disabilities read letter for letter – they do not bounce around like other users. They also cannot fully understand a sentence if it’s too long. People with moderate learning disabilities can understand sentences of 5 to 8 words without difficulty. By using common words we can help all users understand sentences of around 25 words." GOV.UK
	115	+Oxford Guide to plain English
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107		-The Oxford Guide to Plain English recommends 15–20 words per sentence. It also says: "…if you regularly exceed 40 words, you’ll certainly weary and deter your readers."
	117	+Jyoti Sanyal 'Indlish'
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109		-Jyoti Sanyal, author of 'Indlish' said: "Based on several studies, press associations in the USA have laid down a readability table. Their survey shows readers find sentences of 8 words or less very easy to read; 11 words, easy; 14 words fairly easy; 17 words standard; 21 words fairly difficult; 25 words difficult and 29 words or more, very difficult."
	119	+Author Ann Wylie
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111		-Author Ann Wylie said: "When the average sentence length in a piece was fewer than 8 words long, readers understood 100% of the story. At 14 words, they could comprehend more than 90% of the information. But move up to 43-word sentences and comprehension dropped below 10 percent."
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113	113	[[Writing for GOV.UK>>url:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/writing-for-gov-uk]], UK Government website
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115	115	[['Sentence length: why 25 words is our limit'>>url:https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2014/08/04/sentence-length-why-25-words-is-our-limit/]], Inside GOV.UK, UK Government blog, 2014
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151	151	[[The Crystal Mark standard>>url:http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/services/crystal-mark/7-the-crystal-mark-standard.html]] Plain English Campaign, undated
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154		-== {{id name="st"/}}Specialist terms: explain them ==
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	167	+== {{id name="st"/}}Specialist terms ==
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157	157	Make specialist content comprehensible by non-experts.
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160		-=== 1. Remember that anybody can access your content. ===
	173	+=== 1. Explain specialist terms: anybody can access your content. ===
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162	162	Assuming who your audience is, and that they'll understand the technical terms you use, are common misconceptions.
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202	202	[['The Facets of the General Public as Audience'>>url:https://www.dropbox.com/s/2u2cybl7c57u0tr/AudienceIssues.pdf?dl=0]] Cheryl Stephens and Mariah Stufflebeam, 2017
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205		-We generated the [[before sentence about an architecture term>>url:http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/palladian]] from yourdictionary.com and applied our recommendations.
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	219	+We generated the [[original sentence about a specialist architecture term>>url:http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/palladian]] from yourdictionary.com.
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	223	+Here's some sector specific guidance for [[medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]].
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	226	+And here's our list of jargon [[words to avoid>>doc:.Words to avoid.WebHome]]!