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7 7  * **people who are multi-tasking** – if you're distracted it's hard to comprehend convoluted structures
8 8  * **cognitive impairments** – shorter, non-complex sentences carry less cognitive load
9 9  * **visual impairments** – short, simple sentences convey meaning in a smaller visual field
10 -* **motor impairments** – it's less tiring when you can absorb what you read quickly
10 +* **motor impairments** – clear, concise content is shorted so requires less navigation
11 11  )))
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13 13  ==
14 14  Guidelines ==
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16 -Short, simple sentences are better on the web than long, protracted prose with complex syntax. WCAG says: "using the clearest and simplest language appropriate is highly desirable." The United Nations recommends plain language for communications.
16 +Short, simple sentences are better on the web than long, protracted prose with complex syntax. WCAG says: "using the clearest and simplest language appropriate is highly desirable."
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19 19  (% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H1.MakeyouraveragesentenceA015wordslong." %)
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43 43  
44 44  Example:
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46 -(% class="mark" %)This sentence is about 15 words long and is easy to understand.
46 +(% class="mark" %)This sentence is about 15 words long and is easy to understand. (%%)
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48 48  === {{id name="#2"/}}2. Avoid complex sentence structures. ===
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66 66  == {{id name="#UESS"/}}Usability evidence: simple sentences ==
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68 -Oxford Guide to plain English
69 +[[Oxford Guide to plain English>>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-guide-to-plain-english-9780199669172?cc=gb&lang=en&]] , Oxford University Press, 2013
69 69  
70 -Jyoti Sanyal 'Indlish'
71 +Jyoti Sanyal 'Indlish: The book for every English-speaking Indian'
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72 -Author Ann Wylie
73 +[[Author Ann Wylie>>https://www.wyliecomm.com/]], Reach more readers website
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74 74  [[Writing for GOV.UK>>url:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/writing-for-gov-uk]], UK Government website
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78 78  [['Content design'>>url:https://contentdesign.london/book/]], Sarah Richards, 2017
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80 -[['The role of word difficulty and sentence length in text comprehension'>>url:https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a114935.pdf]], T. M. Duffy and P. K. U'Ren, 1982
81 +[['The role of word difficulty and sentence length in text comprehension'>>https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED215330]], T. M. Duffy and P. K. U'Ren, 1982
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82 82  [['The Influence of Semantics and Syntax on What Readers Remember'>>url:https://www.hcde.washington.edu/files/people/docs/Isakson_Spyridakis_Sem_Syn.pdf]], C. S. Isakson and J. H. Spyridakis, 1999
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