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Plain Language Commission . Clear English Standard

About us

  1. Who we are
  2. Why use plain language?
  3. Our business principles
  4. Frequent questions about our range of services
  5. Before-and-after examples
  6. How we test and apply our standards
  7. Company brochure
  8. Words or figures?
  9. Our spelling choices
  10. Errors on the site
  11. Our terms of business and our privacy policy

Our business principles

We believe in:
  • being reliable, responsive, ethical, approachable and easy to work with
  • providing high-quality work whose standards are supported by evidence and research
  • keeping our promises and meeting deadlines
  • being clear about our prices –  you’ll find them set out on the website or you can ask us to quote for a specific job
  • the benefits that good plain-language editing can bring to your business and customers  –  because it makes sense to ensure your documents are clear and easy to read
  • the benefits of good writing-skills courses offered by experienced presenters – because helping your staff to write more clearly will be good for your customers, your colleagues and your business
  • dialogue with other plain-language practitioners around the world. Several of our team belong to the Plain Language Association InterNational, contribute to journals in the plain-language field, and present papers at conferences about linguistics and writing skills. We advise and support Português Claro in Portugal (www.portuguesclaro.pt/).