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Big words are big, but they’re not clever.

Big words are big, but they’re not clever.

Posted on 14 February 201914 February 2019

Some industries have an affection towards using big words. Sometimes they’re necessary (a type of lumbar surgery needs to be referred to as a laminectomy). But if they’re […]

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Plain English for international readers

Posted on 16 October 2013

The team developing the visit visa service at gov.uk recently blogged about some testing with international users over a screencast which gave them some great insights from the kind […]

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Speaking to be understood

Speaking to be understood

Posted on 11 October 201311 October 2013

I had a discussion with a colleague today about plain English, and by coincidence, saw this blog post from Ben Terrett titled “Please, speak as you might to […]

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