Plain English Writing Examples

Legal Letter

"Lawyers have two common failings. One is that they do not write well and the other is that they think they do."
- Carl Felsenfeld

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- Computers and the Law

Legal writing is typically full of mammoth sentences, archaic language and standard phrases making it difficult to understand. Legal writing isn't read just by lawyers but by the general public. Too many people have to read consumer agreements, loan applications and insurance policies that are unintelligible. Legal writing like this not only causes problems of understanding but gives an organization a poor reputation in the way it treats its customers.

Before Editing with StyleWriter

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After Editing with StyleWriter

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If you write legal documents of any kind, you should try to write in plain English. When you select Legal Writing as your writing task, StyleWriter adjusts its statistical measures to take account of the difficulties of writing a readable legal document.

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- Lawyer

"Every lawyer should use this software. I should know - I've been practicing law for 30 years."
- Lawyer

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