Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

DM>  Is IOW sounds like WOW?


           If I said it aloud, I'd say "in other words".  Not all abbreviations
are easily pronounceable as written.  But in my experience most people can talk
more quickly than they can type, and the same definitely applies to me....  ;-)



AH>  I reduced about 50 lines of psychobabble (i.e. educational
AH>  psychology jargon) to a more manageable size & translated
AH>  it into plainer English.  Then I reduced it even further &
AH>  connected it to what my readers already know....  :-Q

DM>  Who are Your readers, Ardith?


           I can't be sure who all of them are, of course.  But among those who
engage in conversation here I see that a lot of the questions people most often
ask have to do with simplified explanations given in the primary grades &/or in
textbooks.  Both native speakers & people who are studying English as a foreign
language are confused when the "rules" seem to have numerous "exceptions".  :-)




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