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PLAIN ENGLISH in the United Kingdom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2008
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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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