Updated Sept. 23, 2007
Plain Language Association International
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Many members of the Plain Language Association International have published important works on plain language. Practical and authoritative, these books set new standards for effective, clear documents. |
| Title: | Clarity for Lawyers, 2nd edition |
| Author: | Mark Adler |
| Publisher: | The Law Society, London, 2007 |
| Orders: | The Law Society |
| ISBN: | 1 85328 985 X |
| Title: | Plain Language for Lawyers, 3rd edition |
| Author: | Michele M. Asprey |
| Publisher: | The Federation Press, Sydney, Australia, 2003 |
| Telephone: | +61 (0)2 9552 2200 |
| Web site: | The Federation Press |
| E-mail: | info@federationpress.com.au |
| Supplier: | U.S. agents: Gaunt Inc. , phone 1-941-778-5211 |
| Comments: | 330 pages, including index and "Plain Language Vocabulary" |
| Title: | How to Create Forms That Get the Job
Done |
| Authors: | Carolyn Boccella Bagin with Rich Bagin |
| Publisher: | Briefings Publishing Group Inc., Paperback, December 1992 |
| ISBN: | 1878604090 |
| Supplier: | Available through the author. |
| Title: | NHS Jargon: getting the message
across |
| Author: | Sarah Carr |
| Publisher: | Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002 |
| Supplier: | Radcliffe Medical Press |
| ISBN: | 1 85775 428 X |
| Title: | Oxford Guide to Plain English, Second
Edition |
| Author: | Martin Cutts |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, September 2004 |
| ISBN: | 0-19-861011-4 |
| Supplier: | Available through Oxford University Press. |
| Also available: | Free downloads from the Plain Language Commission: Lucid Law, 2000, Martin Cutts Clarifying Eurolaw 2001, Martin Cutts Clarifying EC Regulations, 2002, Martin Cutts and Emma Wagner |
| Title: | Get to the Point: A Strategy for Writing Clearly at
Work |
| Author: | Rose Grotsky |
| Publisher: | Praxis Adult Training and Skills Development, 1998 |
| ISBN: | 0-9684600-03 |
| Supplier: | Available through author. |
| Title: | Doublespeak Defined |
| Author: | William Lutz |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Telephone: | 61-2 9552.2200 |
| Supplier: | Bookstores |
| Title: | The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What Anyone's Saying Anymore |
| Author: | William Lutz |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| ISBN: | 0-06-092839- |
| Supplier: | Bookstores |
| Title: | A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers |
| Author: | Christine Mowat |
| Publisher: | Carswell Thomson Professional Publishers, Scarborough, Ontario, 1999, 374 pages |
| ISBN: | 0-459-23907-4 |
| Supplier: | Carswell Thomson |
| This is an ideal reference for legal professionals and others interested in improving their quality of legal writing. As well as discussion on the theoretical and ethical foundations of plain language, this book instructs on techniques leading to clear writing, exercises to help strengthen skills, and models for learning how to assess and write plain-language documents. | |
| Supplier: | Borders Online Bookstore |
| Title: | Everyone Needs PEP (Processing, Editing and Proofreading) Skills |
| Author: | Marcia Riley-Elliott, Ph.D., and Kathleen Starr, M.S. |
| Publisher: | Ullrich Printers, 1989 |
| ISBN: | 0-96-390750-6 |
| Supplier: | Borders Online Bookstore |
| Title: | GRAMMAR Rammer: For Professionals Who Write American English as a Second Language |
| Author: | Marcia Riley-Elliott, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: | Ullrich Printers, 1996 |
| ISBN: | 0-96-390751-4 |
| Title: | WIPE (Write in Plain English) Your Way to Success |
| Author: | Marcia Riley-Elliott, Ph.D. |
| Publisher: | Ullrich Printers, 1994 |
| ISBN: | 0-96-390752-2 |
| Supplier: | Borders Online Bookstore |
| Title: | The Gregg Reference Manual, 10th Edition |
| Author: | William A. Sabin |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Telephone: 800-634.3963, ext. 5121 Web Site: Gregg Reference Manual |
| ISBN: | 0-07-293653-3 |
| Supplier: | Available through amazon.com |
| Comments: | "[M]eticulous, beautifully
organized, reader-friendly, and comprehensive." -- Christine Mowat "[M]y clients ... love it, especially the detailed, easy-to-use index and numerous helpful examples. ... [I]t comes the closest to satisfying everyone than any other guide I've seen." -- Linda Comerford "[A] wonderful, all-round style manual for use in the office by ... whoever writes for the company. Gregg has all kinds of indexes so that you can find your topic in several different ways." -- Reva Daniel "For my money, the three indispensable sources -- at least in the U.S. -- are these: (1) The Gregg Reference Manual. ..." -- Joe Kimble |
| Title: | Plain Language Legal Writing |
| Author: | Cheryl Stephens |
| Publisher: | ASAP Legal Publishing, Vancouver, Canada, 1999 |
| Supplier: | Law Courts Center Resource Gallery |
| Telephone: | 604-685-2727, Fax 604-685-2773 |
| E-mail: | Info@lawcourtscenter.com |
| ISBN: | 0-9686421-1-x |
| Title: | Plain Language Pleadings |
| Author: | Carol Ann Wilson |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall, 1996 |
| Telephone: | 1-800-947-7700 |
| ISBN: | 0-13-199639-8 |
| Order link: | amazon.com |