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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Simplification - Make EasierI propose each meaning only has two words, an easy one and a complicated one, in an effort to remove jargon and make people not use the complicated one when they don't know how to spell it.
Example (off the top of my head because I've just typed it in a word document and can use the handy word thesaurus):
Easy version - agree. More posh sounding version - consent.
Unnecessary versions: concur, assent, acquiesce, accede.
To make something more emphatic, use the 'very' term. I agree very much.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 9:57,
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