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  2. Plain language - Wikipedia

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    The chosen vocabulary must remain simple and familiar. [10] Everyday language should be favoured against acronyms, jargon and legal language. [8] Plain language favours the use of the verb form of the word, instead of the noun form. [8] To increase clarity, use the active voice, in which the subject does the action of the verb. [10]

  3. Plain English - Wikipedia

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    The term derives from the 16th-century idiom "in plain English", meaning "in clear, straightforward language" [2] as well as the Latin planus ("flat"). Another name for the term, layman's terms, is derived from the idiom "in layman's terms" which refers to language phrased simply enough that a layperson, or common person without expertise on the subject, can understand.

  4. Simple English Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Simple English Wikipedia is a modified English-language edition of Wikipedia written primarily in Basic English and Learning English. [2] It is one of seven Wikipedias written in an Anglic language or English-based pidgin or creole .

  5. BASIC - Wikipedia

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    BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) [1] is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963.

  6. Basic English - Wikipedia

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    Basic English (a backronym for British American Scientific International and Commercial English) [1] is a controlled language based on standard English, but with a greatly simplified vocabulary and grammar.

  7. Simple English - Wikipedia

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    Simple English may refer to: Basic English , a controlled language, created by Charles Kay Ogden , which only contains a small number of words Learning English (version of English) , used by the Voice of America broadcasting service

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  9. Language - Wikipedia

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    According to this theory, the most basic form of language is a set of syntactic rules that is universal for all humans and which underlies the grammars of all human languages. This set of rules is called Universal Grammar; for Chomsky, describing it is the primary objective of the discipline of linguistics. Thus, he considered that the grammars ...