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	~~[[Endeavour]] is a~~ {{t\|verb}} that illustrates the practical problem with plain English. “[[Endeavour]]” is a silly word: long, archaic, and its alternative — to [[try]] — is better in every way that a Plain Englishman cares about: shorter, more idiomatic, plainer, less fussy.		A {{t\|verb}} that illustrates the practical problem with plain English. “[[Endeavour]]” is a silly word: long, archaic, and its alternative — to [[try]] — is better in every way that a Plain Englishman cares about: shorter, more idiomatic, plainer, less fussy.

	But therein lies the problem: “[[try]]” slices cleanly through the semantic murk that “[[endeavour]]” so skilfully stirs up. It makes plain something the draftsman rather hoped to obscure: namely, that his client’s convenant is scarcely worth the paper it is written on.		But therein lies the problem: “[[try]]” slices cleanly through the semantic murk that “[[endeavour]]” so skilfully stirs up. It makes plain something the draftsman rather hoped to obscure: namely, that his client’s convenant is scarcely worth the paper it is written on.