• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Certificate Legal doublet Legal writing Nomenclature Plain Writing Act of 2010 "LEGALESE | English meaning". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-03-30...
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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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  • 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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  • original standard instructions written in legal English, and half heard revised instructions in plain English. Instructions were read twice to each group...
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    § Copular, auxiliary and defective verbs below. The base form or plain form of an English verb is not marked by any inflectional ending. Certain derivational...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Bryan A. Garner (category Plain English)
    of his chapter in The Chicago Manual of Style) The Rules of Golf in Plain English (with Jeffrey S. Kuhn, 4th ed. 2016) Black's Law Dictionary (12th ed...
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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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  • Service List International English Plain English Plain language Readability Seaspeak Simplified English Learning English Standard Marine Communication...
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  • fluency, comprehension, and interactions. It is a test of ability in plain English in aviation settings, not of aeronautical phraseology. The test is administered...
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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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    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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