The phrase plain language (or plain English) is not plain language. The meaning of this phrase is masked and mysterious, known only to editors, content strategists, technical writers and other specialists.
Don’t talk about plain language at work
The phrase plain language (or plain English) is not plain language. The meaning of this phrase is masked and mysterious, known only to editors, content strategists, technical writers and other specialists.
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a blessing for publishers and authors, converting an image of text into a document, for example in Word. Magic! A lost manuscript restored from hard copy!
This pair of words has been stumping people forever, and no wonder— they have rather similar meanings, and one of them (principal) has three meanings.
I know the perfect office-cafe in Wellington, but I'm not going to tell you its name. Oh, no no no. My secret.
Q & A: Indian technical communicators in India asked these questions after my webinar on How to write clear, translatable English for a global audience.