Mastodawn

"Plain English is the discipline of choosing the simplest word that carries the full meaning. It doesn't reduce accuracy. It reduces the cognitive load required to extract accuracy from the text."

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/plain-english-being-understood-across-time-zones-carrie-warner-wsc1e/

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Plain English is about being understood across time zones

Writing principle: Plain language for global audiences Plain English gets resisted in technical documentation for one consistent reason: people conflate simplicity with imprecision. If it's easy to read, it can't be rigorous.