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.
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Famous quotes containing the words plain and/or language:
“In the last scene, between death and ourselves, there is no more pretending: we must speak plain French.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.”
—Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (b. 1919)