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Meanings of plain language in English

Portuguese
linguagem objetiva
Spanish
lenguaje llano
Catalan
llenguatge planer

Writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible.

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          linguagem objetiva
          Usage of plain language in English
          1
          In elegant phraseology they are providences; in plain language they are milch-cows.
          The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
          2
          The practical commentary has corresponded with the plain language of the text.
          The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
          3
          I am expressing myself in plain language, a little poor in variants.
          The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
          4
          I do not understand the flowers of speech, and desire plain language.
          Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 04
          5
          In a country such as this we use plain language, Miss Sterling.
          The King's Arrow: A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists
          6
          In plain language, apathy, inaction, idleness, uselessness, is the road to degeneration.
          Self-Development and the Way to Power
          7
          You will knock on his door, and you must use plain language!
          Little Sky-High; Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang
          8
          The very statement of the matter, in plain language, refutes the absurd assertion.
          The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
          9
          In plain language, he borrows money and invests it in every possible way.
          Hodge and His Masters
          10
          They made an exhaustive analysis of the situation in plain language.
          Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
          11
          The gray eyes of John were speaking in very plain language to Julie.
          The Hosts of the Air
          12
          Mr. Richard talked very plain language with himself in all these inward colloquies.
          Elsie Venner
          13
          In plain language, it is like a big magnet or something, but different.
          The Skylark of Space
          14
          This I know, for he said as much to me, in plain language.
          The Deerslayer
          15
          This was plain language, but as just as it was plain.
          The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 30: 1579-80
          16
          Does that mean, in plain language, that you have grown tired of me?
          When We Dead Awaken
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