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Meanings of general reader in English

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Usage of general reader in English
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Even these, however, often have large sections accessible to the general reader.
The Master Algorithm
2
Wherever possible, I chose books and articles appropriate for the general reader.
The Master Algorithm
3
A large share of medieval literature was inaccessible to the general reader.
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
4
This is emphatically a book for scholars rather than the general reader.
The Irish Times
5
All electrical terms are arbitrary, and necessarily unintelligible to the general reader.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 / Magazi...
6
Unlike Gladwell, I don't believe in simplifying complex subjects for the general reader.
The Guardian
7
For he wrote with the determination to be intelligible to the general reader.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
8
And the general reader, be it remembered, is virtually the age.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 / Volume 18, New Series, J...
9
On any other supposition to the general reader it is unintelligible.
Essays on Life, Art and Science
10
The general reader may wait for this for a full understanding.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
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I feared wearying the general reader by introducing them into the text.]
Stones of Venice [introductions]
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And it is not easy for the general reader to become intimate with him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 / A Magazine...
13
A popular book for elementary classes and the general reader.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
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He makes a complex subject accessible to the general reader.
The Irish Times
15
The general reader, however, may not quite see the point.
The Secrets of the German War Office
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The book will have little interest for the general reader.
The Irish Times
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General reader through the time
General reader across language varieties
Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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