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Making Ourselves Understood in Plain English Today
This article surveys plain language advocacy, citing Sir Ernest Gowers and others who rail against jargon and abstract nouns. It highlights practical rules to improve clarity, urges concrete words, short paragraphs, and proper punctuation, and cites Churchill and Gowers on plain writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gowers
Sir Alan Herbert
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
Western Union
Harpers Magazine
Jacques Barzun
Br. Barzun
G. K. Chesterton
England
Arthur Quiller- Couch
Admiral Perry
Winston Churchill
H. W. Fowler
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Churchill
France
Anatole France
Kenneth M. Goode
Marcel Proust
Rudolf Flesch
Edward Gowers
Roger Casement
C. W. Hurd
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Mr. Hurd
Matthew Arnold
W. Somerset Maughan
Flesch
Dr. Flesch