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2		-Plain English
	2	+This helps:
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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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	11	+== Guidelines ==
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	13	+[[Plain English>>Plain English||anchor="pe"]]
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	15	+[[Sentence length>>Sentence length||anchor="ssl"]]
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	17	+Sentence structure
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	19	+Specialist terms
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	26	+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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	29	+== {{id name="pe"/}}Plain English ==
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4	4	Make content clear and understandable, to open the web up for users with different literacy levels and access challenges.
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6	6	WCAG states that "using the clearest and simplest language appropriate is highly desirable."
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35	35	What is 'plain' for one person may not be for someone else.
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38		-== Usability evidence ==
	65	+== Usability evidence for plain English ==
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40	40	[[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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54	54	[[Plain language entry>>url:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language]], Wikipedia, last updated 2018
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56		-== Usability evidence ==
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58		-[[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.
	84	+== {{id name="ssl"/}}Short sentence length ==
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60		-[['Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'>>url:http://templatelab.com/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/]], page 4 Article 2, Definitions, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2018.
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62		-[['Plain Language Is for Everyone, Even Experts'>>url:https://www.nngroup.com/articles/plain-language-experts/]], H. Loranger, Nielsen Norman Group, 2017
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64		-[['The Public Speaks: An Empirical Study of Legal Communication'>>url:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1843415]], C. R. Trudeau in 14 Scribes J. Leg. Writing 121 2012
	88	+== Simple sentence structure ==
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66		-[['Strengthening plain language'>>url:http://www.iplfederation.org/]], International Plain Language Federation. Undated.
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68		-[[Plain Language Commission style guide>>url:https://www.clearest.co.uk/plain-language-commission-style-guide]], Plain Language Commission, 2011
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	92	+Here's some sector specific guidance:
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70		-[['The principles of readability'>>url:http://www.impact-information.com/impactinfo/readability02.pdf]], Impact Information, William H. DuBay, 2004
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	95	+Legal
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72		-[[Plain language entry>>url:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language]], Wikipedia, last updated 2018
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	98	+Medical
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74		-== Short sentence length ==
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	101	+Financial
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78		-== Simple sentence structure ==
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