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"Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent." (George Orwell, Politics and the English L

• jacques_chester 14y ago
  I love that essay. Can you give an equivalent word which conveys the full meaning of inter alia with the same degree of pithiness and directness?
  • obstacle1 14y ago
    "One reason Wordpress won is..." "Wordpress won because..., for one." A word is none of direct, forceful, or brief if your audience must look it up to understand.
    • jacques_chester 14y ago
      > A word is none of direct, forceful, or brief if your audience must look it up to understand. Good point.
  • why-el 14y ago
    "Among other things" is one equivalent. Note that inter alia is a phrase, so you should probably be asking for an equivalent phrase and not a word.
• coldtea 14y ago
  >with the same degree of pithiness and directness? I think you overestimate the degree of both "pithiness and directness" in this particular use of the phrase.