How Plain English Cuts Through The Confusion

Whether you are creating a proposal to a new client, or writing instructions on how to safely ingest a couple of painkillers, it's important that you write in plain English to avoid misleading phrases and ambiguous text. A prime example of how we have all been using and reading clumsy text is evident on most warning labels accompanying medication: an area that should never create confusion when it comes to understanding instruction. This is just one type of communication that is currently being reviewed because words such as "drowsiness" and "avoid" are too confusing for the modern world, experts claim. With two million prescriptions being issued every day, a small percentage improvement through labels being more understandable could make a significant impact

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