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Passive Voice: When to Avoid It and When to Use It

If you can easily spot the passive voice, you're in a pretty good position to make a decision about whether it should be active instead. In most cases, active is your best option. But not always, as this Grammarly blog post points out.

#active language #passive voice #grammarly #plain english #clear language

·grammarly.com·Apr 26, 2024

Passive Voice: When to Avoid It and When to Use It

Plain Language Is for Everyone, Even Experts

One web page (and associated video) full of useful advice, information and practical things you can do to improve your writing. The thrust of the piece shows why the people who might typically argue against clear language are, in fact, wrong. You can use this to persuade the doubters you find in your own work.

#clear language #plain english #nielsen norman

·nngroup.com·Apr 25, 2024

Plain Language Is for Everyone, Even Experts

Sentence length: why 25 words is our limit

This post on GOV.UK is from 2014 but the benefits of writing shorter sentences remain the same today. One other thing that I always emphasise when running training sessions is one idea per sentence. It forces you to think about what you are trying to say and helps get the word count down.

#sentence length #principles #word count #GOV.UK

·insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk·Apr 24, 2024

Sentence length: why 25 words is our limit

How to improve your writing with plain English

An absolutely smashing guide from the team at Scope, who do a brilliant job of creating accessible content. The principles here are all great and repeat much of the advice in the free guide from the Plain English Campaign. But it's the section on who plain English benefits that I really recommend.

#clear language #plain english #scope #disability

·business.scope.org.uk·Apr 24, 2024

How to improve your writing with plain English

The Handy List of Human Words

This is a great list of complex words with some suggestions for more human – clearer – alternatives. It was put together by Deanna Horton, a content designer currently at Shopify.

#everyday words #clear language #plain english #ux writing

·medium.com·Apr 24, 2024

The Handy List of Human Words

10 principles of writing to help you write in plain English

A few years ago, Gather Content asked me to write an article for them that outlined some of the principles of plain English. In general, I always think it's a good idea to start with principles when you're learning something new. Get the essentials down and then go from there.

#plain english #clear language #iain broome #gather content #principles

·gathercontent.com·Apr 24, 2024

10 principles of writing to help you write in plain English

How to write in plain English

This is the magic web page I've referred to and shared with others for many years. It's a short overview of plain English from the Plain English Campaign. These are the basics and a great place to start for most people.

#plain english #clear language #plain english campaign

·plainenglish.co.uk·Apr 24, 2024

How to write in plain English