From the course: Writing in Plain English
Increase your impact by writing in plain English
From the course: Writing in Plain English
Increase your impact by writing in plain English
- Did you know that writing in plain language is actually required for many people in the US government? And the techniques you use for plain language writing have been found to be so effective that many corporations encourage their writers to use them too. I am excited to help you learn how to use these tools to become a better communicator. First, we'll cover some of the groundwork you can do to make it easier to create plain language documents. Then we'll get into the nitty gritty of plain language writing, like how to choose the best words and sentence structures. And finally, we'll look at how you can use artificial intelligence tools to make writing in plain language faster and easier than ever before. I'm Mignon Fogarty, host of the long-running "Grammar Girl" podcast, an author of a New York Times bestseller about language. Join me in this course to learn the secrets of writing in plain English.
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