"A word about 'plain English.' The phrase certainly shouldn't connote drab and dreary language. Actually, plain English is typically quite interesting to read. It's robust and direct-the opposite of gaudy, pretentious language. You achieve plain English when you use the simplest, most straightforward way of expressing an idea. You can still choose interesting words. But you'll avoid fancy ones that have everyday replacements meaning precisely the same thing."

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Source : Bryan A. Garner (2013). “Legal Writing in Plain English, Second Edition: A Text with Exercises”, p.14, University of Chicago Press

Bryan A. Garner

#Opposites Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“To climb the highest peaks, to travel throughâ€¦ celestial space, to turn our searchlights upon domains of eternal darkness, that is what makes life worth living.”

Source : Auguste Piccard (1956). “Earth, Sky, and Sea”
“U.S.A. is the speech of the people”
“That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra.”
“Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and so is having to attend to nonsensical activities.”

Source : Frank Smith (1986). “Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms”, Heinemann Educational Books
“Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal. Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood by all, but which the wise, and great, and good interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.”
“All alone by the telephone.”

Source : Song: All Alone
“If I was in a horrorfilm Iâ€™d die first, because I would have no idea whatâ€™s going on.”
“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 14, 2012

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