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  2. Easy read - Wikipedia

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    Easy read is a method of presenting written information to make it easier to understand for people with difficulty reading. Easy read advocates sentences of no more than ten to fifteen words, with each sentence having just one idea and one verb. Active sentences are used instead of passive sentences. Easy read is closely edited to express ideas ...

  3. Plain language - Wikipedia

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    Sentences should be kept short, and only include necessary information. [5] A long, verbose sentence tends to present too much information at once, and blurs its main point. [10] The text should be direct and concise, and have an easy flow to it. [5] The chosen vocabulary must remain simple and familiar. [10]

  4. Vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Word has a variety of meanings, and our understand of ideas such as vocabulary size differ depending on the definition used. The most common definition equates words with lemmas (the inflected or dictionary form; this includes walk, but not walks, walked or walking). Most of the time lemmas do not include proper nouns (names of people, places ...

  5. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Easy come, easy go; Easy, times easy, is still easy; Early marriage, earlier pregnant; Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise; Enough is as good as a feast; Even a worm will turn; Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom

  6. 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 layman, or common person without expertise on the subject, can understand.

  7. Grok - Wikipedia

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    Grok (/ ˈ ɡ r ɒ k /) is a neologism coined by the American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment", [1] Heinlein's ...

  8. Amy Word found guilty; prosecutor says evidence was ... - AOL

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    Amy Word, former owner of Lamasco Bar and Grill and an Evansville school board member, was found guilty of maintaining a common nuisance.

  9. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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    know the meaning of words, understand the meaning of a word from a discourse context, follow the organization of a passage and to identify antecedents and references in it, draw inferences from a passage about its contents, identify the main thought of a passage, ask questions about the text, answer questions asked in a passage, visualize the text,