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PLAIN ENGLISH in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Chrissie Maher ,
Martin Cutts  and
James T Dayananda
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Today it is difficult to find a truly atrocious British government form being issued to the public. OUT are the acres of grey small print, the 60-word sentences, the endless use of that bureaucratic knee jerk, the passive verb. IN are forms that look good, read well, and even save money through their greater efficiency.

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Special Features
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English Today , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 10 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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