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2 2  This helps:
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4 4  * **people in a hurry** – simply written content is easier to scan and absorb instantly
5 -* **cognitive impairments** – easy to understand words and sentences need less cognition
5 +* **people who are stressed** – if you're anxious you find it harder to comprehend things
6 +* **people who are multi-tasking** – if you're holding a baby or a running business your attention's divided
7 +* **cognitive impairments** – easy to understand words and sentences carry less cognitive load
6 6  * **visual impairments** – short and simple sentences convey meaning in a smaller visual field
7 7  * **motor impairments** – it's less tiring when you can understand what you read quickly
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12 +== ==
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13 13  == Guidelines ==
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15 15  [[Plain English>>Plain English||anchor="pe"]]
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18 18  
19 19  [[Specialist terms>>||anchor="st"]]
20 20  
21 -[[Medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]]
22 +[[Law, medicine, money>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]]
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24 24  [[Words to avoid>>doc:.Words to avoid.WebHome]]
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27 27  ----
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30 -== ==
30 +== ==
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32 32  == {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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65 65  What is 'plain' for one person may not be for someone else.
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67 67  
68 -== Usability evidence for plain English ==
68 +== Usability evidence: plain English ==
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70 70  [[Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable.>>url:https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning-supplements.html]], Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, 2008.
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91 91  
92 92  == {{id name="ssl"/}}Simple sentences ==
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113 113  >"The fox, which was red, over the gate jumped." – harder to understand
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115 115  
116 -== Usability evidence for simple sentences ==
115 +== Usability evidence: simple sentences ==
117 117  
118 118  Oxford Guide to plain English
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170 170  == {{id name="st"/}}Specialist terms ==
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195 195  
196 196  >Example:
197 197  >
198 ->"It is a Palladian style stone building, and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving." – original sentence.
196 +>"It is a Palladian style stone building, and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving." – original sentence (source [[yourdictionary.com>>url:http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/palladian]]).
199 199  >
200 200  >"It is a [[Palladian style>>url:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-palladianism/]] stone building, and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving." – with link to a definition.
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201 201  > "It is a Palladian style stone building and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving. Palladian style architecture features include columns, symmetry and decorative arches." – with explanatory definition.
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204 -== Usability evidence for explaining specialist terms ==
203 +== Usability evidence: specialist terms ==
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206 206  [['Writing Digital Copy for Domain Experts'>>url:https://www.nngroup.com/articles/writing-domain-experts/]], Nielson Norman Group, 2017
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216 216  [['Technical Writing Need Not Be Abstruse—Use Plain Language for Maximum Impact'>>url:https://digital.gov/2015/10/23/technical-writing-need-not-be-abstruse-use-plain-language-for-maximum-impact/#]], Colleen Blessing, 2015
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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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222 -We generated the [[original sentence about a specialist architecture term>>url:http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/palladian]] from yourdictionary.com.
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226 226  Here's some sector specific guidance for [[medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]].
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