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Plain Language Books
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Oxford Guide to Plain English (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 203 ratings — published 2004
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 86,841 ratings — published 1918
The Writing Coach (Spiral-bound)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2003
Writing in Plain English (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1989
Lifting the Fog of Legalese: Essays on Plain Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published
Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text With Exercises (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 763 ratings — published 2001
Plain English for Lawyers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 540 ratings — published
Federal Plain Language Guidelines (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2011
A plain English handbook : how to create clear SEC disclosure documents.
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avg rating 4.12 — 16 ratings — published
The Art of Readable Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 86 ratings — published 1949
Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 210 ratings — published 1998
Garner's Modern English Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.69 — 209 ratings — published
Engineering in the Ancient World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 226 ratings — published 1978
Dogwhistles and Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 37 ratings — published
Avaruusasema Ithal (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 48 ratings — published
De la réception et détection du baratin pseudo-profond (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.60 — 10 ratings — published 2015
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 216,462 ratings — published 1985
Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Text for Readers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 40 ratings — published 1996
Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 272 ratings — published 2005
Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 17 ratings — published 2011
The Reader's Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 95 ratings — published 2015
Seeing Through Legalese: More Essays on Plain Language (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.86 — 6,441 ratings — published 2017
How to write clearly (ebook)
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avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,183 ratings — published 2017
A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.37 — 262 ratings — published 2013
Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose (Voices That Matter)
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avg rating 4.11 — 553 ratings — published 2014
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs (And Everything You Build from Them)
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avg rating 4.14 — 247 ratings — published 2013
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,253 ratings — published 2013
Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 18 ratings — published 2012
Usability in Government Systems: User Experience Design for Citizens and Public Servants (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2012
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,460 ratings — published 2012
The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What Anyone's Saying Anymore (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 1996
Doublespeak (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 176 ratings — published 1989
Watch Your Language: a Lively, Informal Guide to Better Writing Emanating from the News Room of the New York Times (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 10 ratings — published 1958
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,043 ratings — published 1981
Writing with Precision: How to Write So That You Cannot Possibly Be Misunderstood (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 53 ratings — published 1978
Doublespeak Defined: Cut Through the Bull**** and Get the Point! (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.18 — 11 ratings — published 1999
The Fine Art of Copyediting (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.51 — 47 ratings — published 1991
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30,667 ratings — published 1976
Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,310 ratings — published 2007
The Elements of Legal Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 290 ratings — published 1991
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 315,757 ratings — published 2000
Why I Write (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 14,961 ratings — published 1946
Strictly English: The Correct Way to Write . . . And Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.50 — 107 ratings — published 1996
The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 324 ratings — published 2016
The Penguin guide to plain English: Express yourself clearly and effectively (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 12 ratings — published 2000
Complete Plain Words (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 314 ratings — published 1954
The Elements of Rhetoric -- How to Write and Speak Clearly and Persuasively: A Guide for Students, Teachers, Politicians & Preachers (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 252 ratings — published
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,180 ratings — published 2014
“There was only one thing that happened at that meeting that was pleasant or amusing. At this conference, every word that every guy said at the plenary session was so important that they had a stenotypist there, typing every goddamn thing. Somewhere on the second day the stenotypist came up to me and said, “What profession are you? Surely not a professor.”
“I am a professor,” I said.
“Of what?”
“Of physics—science.”
“Oh! That must be the reason,” he said.
“Reason for what?”
He said, “You see, I’m a stenotypist, and I type everything that is said here. Now, when the other fellas talk, I type what they say, but I don’t understand what they’re saying. But every time you get up to ask a question or to say something, I understand exactly what you mean—what the question is, and what you’re saying—so I thought you can’t be a professor!”
― "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
“I am a professor,” I said.
“Of what?”
“Of physics—science.”
“Oh! That must be the reason,” he said.
“Reason for what?”
He said, “You see, I’m a stenotypist, and I type everything that is said here. Now, when the other fellas talk, I type what they say, but I don’t understand what they’re saying. But every time you get up to ask a question or to say something, I understand exactly what you mean—what the question is, and what you’re saying—so I thought you can’t be a professor!”
― "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
“As he once wrote of Kipling, his own enduring influence can be measured by a number of terms and phrases—doublethink, thought police, 'Some animals are more equal than others'—that he embedded in our language and in our minds. In Orwell's own mind there was an inextricable connection between language and truth, a conviction that by using plain and unambiguous words one could forbid oneself the comfort of certain falsehoods and delusions. Every time you hear a piece of psychobabble or propaganda—'people's princess,' say, or 'collateral damage,' or 'peace initiative'—it is good to have a well-thumbed collection of his essays nearby. His main enemy in discourse was euphemism, just as his main enemy in practice was the abuse of power, and (more important) the slavish willingness of people to submit to it.”
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