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{{a|plainenglish|}}Here is a resource about plain English: see the panel on the right; click ᐅ to expand the list of topics. | {{a|plainenglish|}}Here is a resource about plain English: see the panel on the right; click ᐅ to expand the list of topics. | ||
==Object-oriented approach== | |||
For a forlorn attempt to understand a topic that everyone seems to agree about — more plain English would be better — but no one seems to get any better at: [[An object-oriented approach to plain English]]: an approach to plain English through specific words and expressions. | |||
==Anyway== | |||
These address, variously, and with varing degrees of perspicacity, [[parts of speech]]; about how a [[mediocre lawyer]] can turn the [[active]] [[passive]]; make a simple [[preposition]] into a [[Compound preposition|compound one]] in the blink of an eye. About how to [[Nominalisation|nominalise]] [[verb|verbs]] - or should I say, how to ''subject [[verb|verbs]] to [[nominalisation]]''. About how to ornament a perfectly sensible [[conjunction]] into a dense [[conjunctival phrase]]. | These address, variously, and with varing degrees of perspicacity, [[parts of speech]]; about how a [[mediocre lawyer]] can turn the [[active]] [[passive]]; make a simple [[preposition]] into a [[Compound preposition|compound one]] in the blink of an eye. About how to [[Nominalisation|nominalise]] [[verb|verbs]] - or should I say, how to ''subject [[verb|verbs]] to [[nominalisation]]''. About how to ornament a perfectly sensible [[conjunction]] into a dense [[conjunctival phrase]]. | ||