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What is Plain Language?> History of Plain Language in the United States

History of Plain Language in the United States

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A History of Plain Language in the United States Government, Joanne Locke, HHS, an overview of the milestones in using plain language from the end of World War II to the early 2000s.

Technical Communication article Revisiting Plain Language,Beth Mazur, in Technical Communication, the Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 2002.

 
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