Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: In other words , you can have a proper presentation of an object if it is actually present , and an improper ( or symbolic as he also calls it ) if you only can indicate that object through signs , symbols , etc. .
Simplified: In other words , you can have a proper presentation of an object if it is actually present , and an improper ( or symbolic as he also calls it ) if you only can indicate that object through signs , symbols , etc.