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Definitions of Plain Language

Short definitions

A definition of "plain English" from a leading book on legal writing, Garner's Legal Writing in Plain English.

Plain language defined by a scholar of plain language, Australian Robert Eagleson.

Clear writing and plain language.

Detailed discussions

International Conference on Plain Language, 2002, paper by Christopher Balmford, on the evolution of Plain Language on the international stage.

Elements of Plain Language, Joe Kimble, Michigan Bar Journal.

Revisiting Plain Language, Beth Mazur, Technical Communication, the Journal of the Society for Technical Communication.

Historical essay

Politics and the English Language. George Orwell, 1946.

 
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