AgainButSlower: Read Wikipedia In Plain English

Wikipedia is a grate resource to find information on many topics, however some articles can be really hard to grasp especially for non experts and people who are still learning English. AgainButSlower is a mashup website that tries to address this by displaying a simplified version of the Wikipedia along with the original one and so helping users with hard to grasp Wikipedia articles.

wikipedia in plain english

Works easy, simply enter the article title or its URL in the provided box and click on the “Again, but slower” button. The page will then load the original and simplified versions of article side-by-side. Please keep in mind though that not all Wikipedia articles have “simpler versions”. Currently there are simplified versions for over 59,000 content pages.

Features:

  • Read Wikipedia in simple English.
  • View the original and simplified versions of the article side by side.
  • Free, no sign up needed.

Check out AgainButSlower @ www.againbutslower.com

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1 Comment Add Comment
2009-05-26 11:46:21
NomDeGuerre

Grate? Really?

Sincerely yours,

Grammar Nazi

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