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plain English

Summary

plain English ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plain English's subclass of is recorded as English[2].
  • plain English's subclass of is recorded as plain language[3].
  • plain English's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0604j8[4].
  • plain English's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plain English[5].
  • plain English's partially coincident with is recorded as explain like i'm five[6].
  • plain English's used by is recorded as Plain English Campaign[7].
  • plain English's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 12157[8].
  • plain English's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780957164[9].
  • plain English's KBpedia ID is recorded as PlainEnglish[10].
  • plain English's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780957164[11].

Why It Matters

plain English ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). plain English. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plain-english
MLA “plain English.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/plain-english.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_plain-english_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{plain English}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/plain-english}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): plain English — https://4ort.xyz/entity/plain-english (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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