Fight gobbledygook with the Plain English Campaign

The Plain English Campaign has the fantastic-sounding aim of combating jargon and gobbledygook in public English. We've all seen examples of this, whether it's the word 'stakeholder' used 12 times in a 15-word sentence or legal language so impenetrable it should come with a pickax. Apart from being annoying, such language serves to exclude large groups of people and obscure meaning. At http://www.plainenglish.co.uk you can register as a supporter, check out guides for clearer writing, download the delightfully-named Drivel Defence software or play around with the Gobbledygook Generator. It's good fun.


Effort involved: there are plenty of options on the website, so enjoy yourself.




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