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5	5	* **cognitive impairments** – easy to understand words and sentences need less cognition
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	12	== Guidelines ==
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30	30	== {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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63	63	What is 'plain' for one person may not be for someone else.
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	65	+== Usability evidence for plain English ==
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68	68	[[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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89	89	== {{id name="ssl"/}}Simple sentences ==
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91	91	=== 1. Make your average sentence 15 words long. ===
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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.
	94	+The maximum sentence length we would recommend for easy comprehension is 25 words.
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95		-Oxford Guide to plain English, GOV.UK and linguists agree 15 word sentences are fine but above 40 words is hard to understand.
	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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98	98	=== 2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ===
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110	110	>"The fox, which was red, over the gate jumped." – harder to understand
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113		-== Usability evidence: simple sentences ==
	114	+== Usability evidence for simple sentences ==
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115		-Oxford Guide to plain English
	116	+"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
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117		-Jyoti Sanyal 'Indlish'
	118	+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."
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119		-Author Ann Wylie
	120	+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."
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	122	+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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121	121	[[Writing for GOV.UK>>url:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/writing-for-gov-uk]], UK Government website
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123	123	[['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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166	166	== {{id name="st"/}}Specialist terms ==
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192	192	>Example:
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194		->"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]]).
	198	+>"It is a Palladian style stone building, and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving." – original sentence.
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196	196	>"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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198	198	> "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 ==
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203	203	[['Writing Digital Copy for Domain Experts'>>url:https://www.nngroup.com/articles/writing-domain-experts/]], Nielson Norman Group, 2017
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213	213	[['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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215	215	[['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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221	221	Here's some sector specific guidance for [[medicine, money and law>>doc:.Medical.WebHome]].
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