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Plain language exercise two takeaways

Last updated on June 26, 2025

These are the answers for Plain Language Exercise 2: What are they trying to say?"

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  1. Patient is dead
  2. Bombs
  3. They were fired
  4. Road signs
  5. Used rugs

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