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4.0 out of 5 stars Early, comprehensive guide to plain English, April 7, 2003
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Wayne Schiess (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writing Contracts in Plain English (Paperback)
This book was published in 1981, but it contains a lot of good drafting advice that is relevant today. The text takes you through the revision process for three documents: a consumer-loan contract, an apartment-sales contract, and an insurance policy. Along the way, the book covers all aspects of plain-English drafting, including audience analysis, writing style, document design, substantive requirements, and testing.

The authors also thoroughly discuss methods for implementing plain-English writing in the law; they present the pros and cons of legislating plain English, as well as their own views on subjective versus objective testing of texts. In expressing their views and presenting their advice, the authors rely on authoritative studies, empirical research, and case law.

The book is surprisingly relevant even today. Apparently, not enough has changed since 1981.

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Writing Contracts in Plain English by Carl Felsenfeld (Paperback - Dec. 1981)
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