Find every sentence here that someone would have to read twice.

Every sentence a reader would stumble on, with the reason and a plainer version beside it.


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The text below will be read by , probably quickly and probably once. Find every sentence they’d have to read twice: too long, too abstract, full of words they wouldn’t use, or with the point hiding at the end. Give me a table with three columns: my sentence, why it trips a reader, and a plainer version that keeps my meaning. Leave everything else alone. Where a technical term is the right word, keep it and add a few words that explain it. If a plainer version would change what I’m saying, tell me; don’t smooth it over. End with the one habit of mine that causes most of the trouble. Here is the draft:

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