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plain English please

This clunker was found on our site:

'The South Australian government has asked consumers to try to find alternatives to turning on their air conditioners, fearing more power outages due to heavy demand.'

Not only is it hard to read because of all the spiky phrases like 'to try to' and 'due to', but it's full of unnecessary words. A simple rewrite makes it shorter, smoother to read, easier to understand, and less pompous.

The South Australian government has asked people to ease off on their air conditioners in case heavy demand leads to more power outages.