Article: BT business officially jargon-free; "Talking Business" customer magazine recommended by Plain English Campaign.

Article: A Plain English Handbook: How To Create Clear SEC ...
Business Communication Quarterly;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... is supplying just that with its A Plain English Handbook. Since October 1, 1998 ... required that all merging companies use plain English in writing their new prospectuses ... prospectuses and proxy statements are to be in plain English. Although this handbook was written ...

Article: The SEC Means Business: Put it in Plain English.
PR Newswire;  July 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... to Stay on the Right Side of the SEC Plain English Rule RIVERWOODS, Ill., July 9 ... Commission (SEC) would truly enforce its plain English rule, recent reports make it quite ... that now requires companies to use plain-English principles when writing certain parts ...

Encyclopedia entry: PLAIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      700+ words ...PLAIN ENGLISH 1. English that is straightforward ... one twenty-fifth as useful, or in plain English, nearly useless’ (US ... who was apt to express herself in plain English when she found herself upside down ...

Article: TechnoPhobia helps Plain English Campaign to target ...
M2 Presswire;  October 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... TechnoPhobia: TechnoPhobia helps Plain English Campaign to target the web(C)1994 ... eBusiness specialist TechnoPhobia and Plain English Campaign are to launch a joint initiative ... Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995. Both Plain English Campaign and Sheffield-based TechnoPhobia ...

Article: Government regulations and the plain English ...
Policy & Practice of Public Human Services;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... probably why the movement to write in plain English has now taken hold in many state and federal agencies. What, exactly, is plain English? While there is no clearly accepted definition of plain English, it can perhaps be best expressed as ...

Article: Plain English.
Mondaq Business Briefing;  September 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... than add to confusion. The use of plain English therefore involves using short sentences ... for the listener or reader. Using plain English does not stop at using words and sentences ... just the sales pitch, needs to be in plain English. So why do people not use plain ...

Article: Plain English: Language That Eschews Obfuscation
The Washington Post;  October 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... President Gore's call for a return to "plain English" in official communications, Style ... public eye, and translates them into "plain English." Gore, speaking at a Democratic ... nearing. They say hold more hearings." Plain English version: "We're running for prexy ...