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Difference between revisions of "Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide"

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# Write in the active voice and keep verb and subject close together.
# Write in the active voice and keep verb and subject close together.
# Ask another reader to evaluate your writing.
# Ask another reader to evaluate your writing.
====Try an app to help you edit====
[http://www.hemingwayapp.com Hemingway App] is a free online tool that analyzes your writing's readability and identifies possible problems. It can suggest improvements and help with plain language. The Hemingway App shows you a graded score (e.g. Grade 9), and highlights what's hard to read, what words could be simpler, etc. Just paste in your writing the and Hemingway App instantly provides suggestions and tips for improving readability. You can even edit your writing right there and then to see if you can improve it and bring the reading level down. A grade 9 reading level is ideal.


====More on plain language writing====
====More on plain language writing====