Explain It Simply

Explain It Simply takes a piece of text that is hard to follow and says the same thing in plain words. Paste a paragraph from a textbook, a wordy exam question, a set of lab instructions or a legal-sounding assignment brief, and you get a shorter, clearer version that keeps every important detail. Technical terms are kept but explained in brackets the first time they appear, so you learn the vocabulary instead of having it hidden from you. Long sentences are split, passive constructions are turned around, and the logical order of the original is preserved so you can move between the two versions.

Paste the passage whole rather than a fragment, because context changes meaning. If it is a question, say so; the tutor will restate what is being asked and what kind of answer is expected without answering it for you. Use the level selector to control how far the language is simplified. When one particular sentence is the problem, quote it in a follow-up and ask for that line alone. It also works from a photo of a page, which is handy for older textbooks and scanned readings. Read the plain version, then reread the original; the second reading is usually much easier.

If what you need is an explanation of the underlying idea rather than a rewording of a text, Explain a Concept is the better mode. For a long chapter, Summarize Notes condenses instead of rewording, and for a passage in another language, Language Learning Help translates and explains the grammar. A simpler version is a reading aid, not a replacement for the original: check it against the source before you rely on it, especially for exam instructions, where a single qualifying word can change what is being asked.