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My Website Reads at an Eighth Grade Level: Why Plain Language Benefits Your Users (and You)

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Main Author:	Skaggs, Danielle
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Libraries Web Sites Distance Education Language Usage Readability Writing Strategies Audience Awareness User Needs (Information) Users (Information)
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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