• Plain English (also referred to as layman's terms) is a mode of writing or speaking the English language intended to be easy to understand regardless...
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  • The Plain English Campaign (PEC) is a commercial editing and training firm based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher, the company...
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    request of HM Treasury, Plain Words (1948) and ABC of Plain Words (1951). The aim of the book is to help officials in their use of English as a tool of their...
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  • Translated (2019) by David Bauscher The Original Aramaic New Testament in Plain English with Psalms & Proverbs (8th edition with notes) (2013) by David Bauscher...
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  • literacy and communications scholars agree that plain language means: "Plain language (also called Plain English) is communication your audience can understand...
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  • English (version of English), used by the Voice of America broadcasting service Plain English New General Service List Simplified Technical English,...
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  • The Message — Eugene H. Peterson (2002) The Original Aramaic Bible in Plain English — David Bauscher (2010) The Bible — Nicholas King (2013) The New Testament:...
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    November 2021, Thompson began hosting a weekly headline podcast entitled Plain English, part of The Ringer Podcast Network. In 2018, he became the host of...
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  • The Foot in Mouth Award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign for "a baffling comment by a public figure". The award was first made in...
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    Lord Alfred Douglas (category Use British English from September 2014)
    Catholicism in 1911, he repudiated homosexuality, and in a Catholic magazine, Plain English, expressed openly antisemitic views, but rejected the policies of Nazi...
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    English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language...
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  • Constrained writing Plain English, a variety of English written specifically for clarity List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English R.L.G. (28 January...
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  • New International Version (category Bible translations into English)
    International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English. Published by Biblica, the complete NIV was released on October 27, 1978...
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    Legal writing (category English language)
    possible, reasonably expected contingencies. Academese Corporate jargon Plain English Plain language Legal Writing Institute School, Harvard Law. "Legal Research...
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  • industries and for a wide range of document types. The US government's Plain English lacks the strict vocabulary restrictions of the aerospace standard,...
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  • Readability (category Plain English)
    OCLC 318542. Flesch, R. 1946. The art of plain talk. New York: Harper. Flesch, R. 1979. How to write in plain English: A book for lawyers and consumers. New...
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  • Press The Complete Plain Words by Sir Ernest Gowers The Cambridge Guide to English Usage by Pam Peters The Most Common Errors in English Usage and How to...
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    Replit (category Use American English from August 2020)
    describing them in natural language. The company's Agent technology converts plain English descriptions into functioning software. Before creating Replit, Amjad...
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  • page of the Sunday Times. It addressed questions related to English. 2006 Plain English Speaking Award (YMCA Singapore, Ministry of Education, National...
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    rule" against splitting an infinitive, according to The Oxford Guide to Plain English, and it has "never been wrong to 'split' an infinitive". In some cases...
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  • the English Language' and English Composition" set in motion a "wide variety of critiques, reconsiderations, and outright attacks against the plain style"...
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  • Certificate Legal doublet Legal writing Nomenclature Plain Writing Act of 2010 "LEGALESE | English meaning". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-03-30...
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  • 1175/2008BAMS2509.1. "2011 Golden Bull Awards". Plain English Campaign. Retrieved 2015-06-07. "Plain English award for Met Office 'gobbledygook'". BBC News...
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  • Service List International English Plain English Plain language Readability Seaspeak Simplified English Learning English Standard Marine Communication...
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    The European Plain or the Great European Plain is a plain in Europe and is a major feature of one of four major topographical units of Europe – the Central...
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    used English words that is based on Basic English, an 850-word controlled natural language created by Charles Kay Ogden in the 1920s. Plain English Readability...
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    rivals.com. Daily Nugget: Alex English's 51-point performance against Miami Smith, Sam (December 5, 1989). "In Plain English: Alex Not A Happy Nugget". Chicago...
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  • Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (category Use Australian English from August 2017)
    also recognises student achievement through the VCE Leadership Awards, Plain English Speaking Awards, VCAL Achievement Awards and Margaret Schofield Memorial...
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  • Gibberish (category English language)
    during World War II, he sent a memorandum that said: "Be short and use plain English. ... Stay off gobbledygook language." Maverick defined gobbledygook...
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    The Great Plains is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. The region stretches east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe...
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