http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/03/02/lawyers-weekly-plain-language-movement/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/03/02/lawyers-weekly-plain-language-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-83198 Ken Adams Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:54:25 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/03/02/lawyers-weekly-plain-language-movement/#comment-83198 Art: I'm OK with "standard English." For one thing, it's not meant to connote standardization, but rather English as it's actually spoken and written by educated native-English speakers and writers. And second, it's an accepted phrase; the less I have to invent, the better. Ken Art: I’m OK with “standard English.” For one thing, it’s not meant to connote standardization, but rather English as it’s actually spoken and written by educated native-English speakers and writers. And second, it’s an accepted phrase; the less I have to invent, the better. Ken

]]> http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/03/02/lawyers-weekly-plain-language-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-83190 Art Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:03:01 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2009/03/02/lawyers-weekly-plain-language-movement/#comment-83190 Ken, why not avoid both the dumbing down association of "plain language" and the cultural hegemony issues of "standard English", by using a phrase such as "clear language"? I think clarity is what we are aiming for in any case, rather than standarisation or plainness per se. Ken, why not avoid both the dumbing down association of “plain language” and the cultural hegemony issues of “standard English”, by using a phrase such as “clear language”? I think clarity is what we are aiming for in any case, rather than standarisation or plainness per se.

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