Plain language
What is plain language? · 1. Audience and purpose · 2. Structure · 3. Design · 4. Expression · 5. Evaluation. Always evaluate whether your text is ...
Plain Language | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Plain language is grammatically correct language that includes complete sentence structure and accurate word usage.
Center for Plain Language – Make it clear
The Center for Plain Language is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. We help organizations create information that's easier to understand, which makes it ...
Plain language is writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. ... Plain language strives to be easy to read, ...
Plain Language | U.S. Department of the Interior
Documents Required to be in Plain Language · Is necessary for obtaining any federal government benefit or service or filing taxes. · Provides information about ...
2. Write Clearly. · Use common, everyday words but avoid slang. · Use personal pronouns such as "you." · Use "must" instead of "shall." · Avoid using undefined ...
Home - Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)
What is plain language? A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure, and design are so clear that the intended audience can easily find what ...
Plain language - U.S. Department of Commerce
This plan describes how the Department of Commerce will continue to comply with the Plain Writing Act. We're committed to open government, transparency, ...
Plain Language - U.S. Department of Labor
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires federal agencies to use plain language when communicating with the public.
The U.S. General Services Administration is committed to writing all of our new and substantially revised documents and public web content in plain language. We ...
Top 10 Principles for Plain Language - National Archives
Plain language is clear, concise, organized, and appropriate for the intended audience. Write for your reader, not yourself.
About Plain Language ... The Department of Defense is committed to writing new documents in plain language, using the Federal Plain Language Guidelines in ...
Plain language is communication that is clear and easy to understand for your target audience, regardless of the medium used to deliver it.
Plain Writing - Open Government - Department of Justice
We are committed to writing new documents in clear, useful and understandable language that members of the public can grasp on first reading ...
Plain Language: Getting Started or Brushing Up
Use this handy tool to learn about using plain language in your work.
Department of Administrative Services : Plain Language - Oregon.gov
Plain Language: It's the Law, and a Good Idea. When government writers use plain language, the audience finds what it needs, understands what it finds, and uses ...
Five Steps to Plain Language · Step 1: Identify and describe the target audience · Step 2: Structure the content to guide the reader through it · Step 3: Write ...
Plain Writing and Clear Communications - HHS.gov
We at the Department of Health and Human Services are committed to writing all of our new documents in plain language, starting October ...
Plain Language Writing in USDA
We pledge to provide you with information that is clear, understandable, and useful in every paper or electronic letter, publication, form, notice, or ...
Plain language
Plain language is writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. Plain language strives to be easy to read, understand, and use. It avoids verbose, convoluted language and jargon.