Question: In [this answer](https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/185/54), Liam W said [emphasis added]

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> 'A Japanese' **infers** the Japanese person is a thing, and not a person.
>  This is what **deems** it offensive.
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> 'A Japanese Person' **infers** the Japanese person is just that - a
>  person, and is therefore considered fine for use.
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While not wanting to go [this far](http://xkcd.com/1133/) in using simple words, should we try to use simple and common words that are easily understood by people learning English?

An exception to this would be technical terms to do with English, such as "split infinitive". They should still be used, because it is easier to google for "split infinitive" than "boldly putting a word between "to" and the verb".

Answer: 
Yes, where possible, I think it is best to answer with the simplest words available. Use simpler sentence structures, and a smaller range of words. But I would suggest that technical terms to do with grammar should be used freely, since that is what people are often here to learn about.

The particular example given is just bad though: **infers** and **deems** are used incorrectly.
Coming to think of it and now that I have been using this site for almost three days, it makes sense to me that simple language should be highly preferred here simply because of the fact that we can expect to see "a lot" of foreign-language visitors here and more we make it simple for them to "comprehend the answer" more the better.