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  2. Anomic aphasia - Wikipedia

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    Anomic aphasia, also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia, is a mild, fluent type of aphasia where individuals have word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs). [1]

  3. Dictated but not read - Wikipedia

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    The phrase is used to indicate a need for extra care in reading the document so annotated. It may be intended as a disclaimer to limit legal liability.. It may be used at the end of an article to warn the reader that the written material has not been personally written by the author, who likely dictated it to a secretary, but they did not have the time to write it themselves.

  4. Rudolf Flesch - Wikipedia

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    Not long after finishing his graduate degree, in 1955 he published what became his most famous book, Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It. [1] The book was a critique of the then-trendy practice of teaching reading by sight, often termed the "look-say" method. The flaw of this method, according to Flesch, was that it required ...

  5. Flesch–Kincaid readability tests - Wikipedia

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    "The Flesch–Kincaid" (F–K) reading grade level was developed under contract to the U.S. Navy in 1975 by J. Peter Kincaid and his team. [1] Related U.S. Navy research directed by Kincaid delved into high-tech education (for example, the electronic authoring and delivery of technical information), [2] usefulness of the Flesch–Kincaid readability formula, [3] computer aids for editing tests ...

  6. 10 Musical Geniuses Who Couldn't Read a Note of Music - AOL

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    In 1969, he was asked whether or not he was able to read music, to which he said, “No, not at all.” To that, we say, “No problem.” To that, we say, “No problem.” Eddie Van Halen ...

  7. Names for the number 0 in English - Wikipedia

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    In tennis, the word "love" is used to replace 0 to refer to points, sets and matches. If the score during a game is 30-0, it is read as "thirty-love". Similarly, 3-0 would be read as "three-love" if referring to the score during a tiebreak, the games won during a set, or the sets won during a match. The term was adopted by many other racquet ...

  8. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  9. Recession forecasts have been wrong for years. Here's why a ...

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    But Sahm, the rule's namesake who writes a newsletter for more than 18,000 subscribers and has become a popular financial television commentator, was quick to say "not so fast" on the recession call.