Plain Language

Plain language is clear, succinct writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly and completely as possible.

Plain language strives to be easy to read, understand, and use. It avoids verbose, convoluted language and jargon. In many countries, laws mandate that public agencies use plain language to increase access to programs and services.

Article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities define the plain language to be included as one of languages.

Read more about Plain Language:  Definition, Examples, History, Great Britain

Famous quotes containing the words plain and/or language:

    “One ought not to be thrown into confusion
    By a plain statement of relationship....”
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The language I have learnt these forty years,
    My native English, now I must forgo,
    And now my tongue’s use is to me no more
    Than an unstringèd viol or a harp.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)