Plain English
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Plain English (sometimes referred to more broadly as plain language) is a generic term for communication in English that emphasizes clarity, brevity, and the avoidance of technical language—particularly in relation to official government or business communication.
The goal is to write in a way that is easily understood by the target audience: clear and straightforward, appropriate to their reading skills and knowledge, free of wordiness, cliché and needless jargon. It often involves using native Germanic words instead of those derived from Latin and Greek (see linguistic purism in English).
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See also
- 850 Basic English words
- Plain English Campaign
- Simplified Technical English, used by the international Aerospace and Defense industries.
- Linguistic purism in English and List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
- Scribes: The American Society of Legal Writers
- Simple English Wikipedia
- Corporate jargon
- Gobbledygook
- Legalese
- Psychobabble
- Technobabble
- Verbosity
- Buzzword
- Weasel word
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