1. Unfortunately for the lay reader, battalions had a strange nomenclature.

2. Ironically, it may, indeed, frighten the lay reader away altogether.

3. 22 Unfortunately for the lay reader, battalions had a strange nomenclature.

4. The subject matter is written in a manner easily understood by the lay reader.

5. It is not just a textbook for professional diplomats. The lay reader will enjoy the anecdotes.

6. His most striking proposition to the lay reader is that human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.

7. In every field, from the simplest to the most abstruse, there are several books for the average, untrained lay reader, right through to those for experts in the field.