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What is Plain Language?
Communication with clear wording, structure, and design for the intended audience to easily:
- find what they need
- understand what they find
- use that information
From our blog
What Does AI Mean for Plain Language Writing?
Writers are increasingly exploring AI out of curiosity or necessity, but many aren’t sure how tools like ChatGPT and Claude can help make their writing clearer and easier to understand.
Stop the Scroll: Why Government Social Media Needs Plain Language – Shuly Babitz
There’s a classic Friends episode where Ross, Rachel, and Chandler try to move a couch up a narrow staircase. Ross keeps yelling, “Pivot!” but Rachel and Chandler freeze. They don’t know what he means. Chandler finally snaps: “What does pivot mean anyway?”
The Federal Plain Language Guidelines Are Missing
For more than 20 years, you could find the Federal Plain Language Guidelines (FPLG) on plainlanguage.gov. But when that site was recently taken down, the guidelines quietly disappeared.
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