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1 -== Plain English ==
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2 +Clear language is helpful for:
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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
6 +* **visual impairments** – short and simple sentences convey meaning in a smaller field of focus
7 +* **motor impairments** – it's less tiring when you can understand what you read quickly
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10 +== Guidelines ==
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12 +[[Plain English>>Plain English||anchor="pe"]]
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14 +[[Sentence length>>Sentence length||anchor="ssl"]]
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25 +Our guidelines come out of conversations held on Slack about clear language usability evidence. Clear language helps in all areas. It opens it up to the widest possible audience.
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28 +== {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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3 3  Make content clear and understandable, to open the web up for users with different literacy levels and access challenges.
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5 5  WCAG states that "using the clearest and simplest language appropriate is highly desirable."
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34 34  What is 'plain' for one person may not be for someone else.
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37 -== Usability evidence ==
64 +== Usability evidence for plain English ==
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39 39  [[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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53 53  [[Plain language entry>>url:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language]], Wikipedia, last updated 2018
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55 -== Short sentence length ==
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59 59  == Simple sentence structure ==
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91 +Here's some sector specific guidance:
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94 +Legal
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63 63  {{children/}}
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