---
name: simple-english
description: >
  Rewrite English prose in simple, direct language while preserving its
  meaning and voice. Use when the user asks for simple English, plain English,
  easier reading, or text suitable for non-native readers. Do not use for
  proofreading alone, structural de-slopping, or controlled-language
  compliance.
metadata:
  human-revised: 9a2fd9f
---

# Simple English

Make the prose easy to understand on one reading. Preserve its claims, voice,
intended emphasis, technical terms, quotations, code, and notation.

- Remove repetition, empty framing, and hedges that express no real
  uncertainty. Keep genuine uncertainty.
- Prefer the shortest familiar word that preserves the meaning. Keep a precise
  technical term, and define it when the audience may not know it.
- Use one term per concept.
- Put the main subject and verb early. Use active voice when the actor matters;
  keep passive voice when the actor is unknown or irrelevant.
- Keep one main point per sentence and one topic per paragraph.
- Make a logical link or pronoun reference explicit when it is unclear.
- Replace vague praise with facts present in the source. Do not invent
  specificity.

Read the result once more. Restore any nuance or logical relation lost in the
rewrite.