Plain English: |
"The writing and setting out of essential information in
a way that gives a co-operative, motivated person a good chance
of understanding it at first reading, and in the same sense that
the writer meant it to be understood"--Martin Cutts, Oxford Guide to Plain English, second edition, 2004. |
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Plain
Train |
Online plain-language tutorial in eight sections | la version Francaise |
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An Introduction |
Plain Language: Definitions. Planning.
Audience Considerations. Writing Guidelines. Testing. |
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Web Sites for
Writers |
Links to PLAIN members' writing sites, other plain
language sites, dictionaries, style guides, and more |
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William
Lutz |
39 Rules for Writing Plain English |
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Joseph
Kimble |
Articles on general and legal writing, downloadable PDF files,
and links |
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Cheryl Stephens |
Articles on building plain language from the ground up, design
issues, and other issues |
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Peter Butt |
PLAIN Conference Presentation: Brushing Up on Fundamentals |
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Sally McBeth |
PLAIN Conference Presentation: A Brief History of Plain
Language |
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Richard Lauchman |
Plain Language: A Handbook for Writers in the U.S. Federal
Government
(PDF link, 288KB; download free Adobe
Reader for viewing PDF file.) |
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Wise Words on
Writing |
Quotations about clear, simple writing |
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Books on Plain
Language |
By members of PLAIN |
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Using
Type |
Typography tutorial |
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Surviving Unplain Language |
How to respond when you get an unclear document |
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Rapport |
Archives of the newsletter on plain language, 1992-99 |
