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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. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  4. 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]

  5. 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,

  6. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language.In other words, it is how human beings gain the ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.

  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. Ex-Portsmouth ER doctor gets 9 months in jail for domestic ...

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    She has found support and friendship in Christine Jameson, right. Wallus was sentenced to 9 months in jail Friday after pleading guilty to four counts of simple assault domestic violence.

  9. Comprehension of idioms - Wikipedia

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    Based on common linguistic definitions, an idiom is a combination of words that contains a meaning that cannot be understood based on the literal definition of the individual words. [1] An example of an idiom is hit the sack, which means to go to bed. It can be used in a sentence like the following: I'm beat; I'm gonna hit the sack. [2]