Editing Plain language (section)

{{Short description|Clear, concise, comprehensible writing}}
{{for multi|plain language in English|Plain English|the contact language|Plains Indian Sign Language}}

'''Plain language''' is writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Leon Cooper|title=Language Planning and Social Change|year=1989|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|url=https://archive.org/details/languageplanning0000coop |url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/languageplanning0000coop/page/60 60]|quote=Plain Language Movement.| isbn=978-0-521-33641-3}}</ref> Plain language strives to be easy to read, understand, and use.<ref name=Garner2009b>{{cite book | last1=Garner| first1=Bryan A.| author1-link=Bryan A. Garner| title=[[Garner on Language and Writing]]: Selected Essays and Speeches of Bryan A. Garner| year=2009| publisher=American Bar Association
| location=Chicago| isbn=978-1-60442-445-4| page=295}}</ref> It avoids [[Verbosity|verbose]], convoluted language and [[jargon]]. In many countries, laws mandate that public agencies use plain language to increase access to programs and services. The United Nations [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] includes plain language in its definition of ''communication''.<ref>[[United Nations General Assembly]]. [http://templatelab.com/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/ ''Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202042110/http://templatelab.com/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/ |date=2016-12-02 }}, Article 2 - Definitions. 13 December 2006, A/RES/61/106, Annex I. Retrieved 21 January 2014.</ref>