A Quick Guide to Plain English

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What is plain English?

Plain English (PE) or Plain Language (PL) is a writing style that aims at clarity and simplicity. When you use plain English in your business and other communication, your audience understands what you're saying the very first time they read it. There is no scope for confusion or ambiguity, and they certainly won’t have to reach for a dictionary or thesaurus! But plain English is not just a simplified writing style. It is more than short sentences, familiar words and jargon-free text. Chillibreeze has been leading the effort to popularize plain English in India. Our quick e-Guide gives you a peek into techniques and tips that will help you communicate in plain English.

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What does A Quick Guide to Plain English include?

Plain English writing puts your audience first. It considers their level of understanding and the message to be conveyed. Writing from the audience’s point of view is always the best approach. Our quick guide gives you the background to plain English. It introduces you to well-defined writing techniques people use to tweak and tone down their language. Also included are tips to help your communication team maintain plain English standards.

The e-Guide is arranged in easy-to-understand sections that get straight to the point. You can use the tips and techniques in all your written communication – official, personal, customer-centric or client-specific. But remember, our e-Guide gives you just a taste of plain English.

Who will benefit from our e-Guide?

Today’s busy pace of life doesn’t leave people with much time to re-read documents or look up a dictionary to find out what you mean. If your message doesn’t get across immediately, it is more than likely your communication will be tossed aside. You should aim to write effectively so that your target audience grasps information at the first reading. Our e-Guide is for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively in English.
People in business, website owners, consultants, writers, editors, corporate communication specialists, students and teachers will benefit from this guide. It has been carefully put together by our plain English experts at Chillibreeze. True to plain English techniques, it is written in simple, clear and concise English – a style that you will want to integrate into all your communication right away!

So is there more to plain English?

Yes. Once you read our e-Guide you will want to use plain English in all your communication. As part of our plain English initiative, Chillibreeze offers a range of services for the benefit of clients worldwide.

We offer writing and editing services for all your plain English writing requirements. Our plain English experts are competent, quick and experienced. Plain English communication is making a huge difference to the business operations of our international and local clientele.

If you are a consultant or a business house, you might want to consider getting your in-house writers to read our plain English e-Guide, then go a step further and enroll them in our soon-to-be launched plain English editing course.

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To read more on the history of Plain English and what it's all about, click here.

Chillibreeze offers plain English editing services. Read more about this service.

If you're impressed with the quick e-Guide, you'll find great value in the in-depth plain English modules of our course. Click here for updates on the plain English course.