Plain English phrase e-booklet

This e-booklet is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to write in plain English. It's a bit like a dictionary or thesaurus, but gives plain English 'translations' for hundreds of complex or bureaucratic words and phrases. When you've developed a wide vocabulary it's difficult to keep your writing simple - yet if you don't, many readers will not bother to read what you've written.

Cost: Only £3.97. You can order here by credit card or PayPal, and we'll email you a user name and password so that you can download your booklet.

The booklet comes as a portable document format (.pdf) file. To use the booklet you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this you can download it for free by clicking on the icon below.

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On-line version

For your own use, or for your intranet or workgroup, the on-line phrase book gives plain English 'translations' for an even bigger collection of complex or bureaucratic words and phrases, plus lots of advice on how to use our suggestions. What's more, if you can't find the word or phrase you're looking for you can email us and we'll come back with the answer. Then we'll add the new information to the phrase book so that everyone can benefit. In this way the on-line phrase book has kept growing, becoming an even more useful resource.

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