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7 7  * **motor impairments** – it's less tiring when you can understand what you read quickly
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10 10  == Guidelines ==
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12 12  [[Plain English>>Plain English||anchor="pe"]]
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16 -[[Specialist terms>>||anchor="st"]]
17 +[[Specialist terms>>Specialist terms||anchor="st"]]
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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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29 29  == {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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31 31  Make content clear and understandable, to open the web up for users with different literacy levels and access challenges.
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81 81  [[Plain language entry>>url:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language]], Wikipedia, last updated 2018
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89 89  == {{id name="ssl"/}}Simple sentences ==
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96 96  You can split longer sentences up into 2 or 3 or restructure the content with bullet points to make meaning clearer for users.
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99 -=== 2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ===
88 +== 2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ==
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101 101  They are less easy to comprehend quickly. Understanding them requires more cognitive effort than simple sentences.
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162 162  [[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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170 -== {{id name="st"/}}Specialist terms ==
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173 173  Make specialist content comprehensible by non-experts.
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176 -=== 1. Explain specialist terms: anybody can access your content. ===
160 +=== 1. Remember that anybody can access your content. ===
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178 178  Assuming who your audience is, and that they'll understand the technical terms you use, are common misconceptions.
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218 218  [['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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222 -We generated the [[original sentence about a specialist architecture term>>url:http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/palladian]] from yourdictionary.com.
209 +Here's some sector specific guidance:
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226 -Here's some sector specific guidance for [[medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]].
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229 -And here's our list of jargon [[words to avoid>>doc:.Words to avoid.WebHome]]!
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