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Plain English (sometimes referred to more broadly as plain language) is a generic term for communication in English that emphasizes clarity, brevity, and the avoidance of technical language—particularly in relation to official government or business communication. It uses simple, familiar words instead of lengthy, formal words, avoids jargon, prefers positive words to negative words, and prefers strong verbs to be verbs. This is a list of plain English words and phrases and the more lengthy, formal words for which they are recommended as replacements in writing guides. The problem word is listed first; the plain English alternative follows. ==A== *above-mentioned, above-listed, before-mentioned, aforementioned – (omit)〔: "cumbersome phrases; lawyerisms"〕〔: "lawyerism"〕 *abundance – enough, plenty, (or specific amount) *accede to – allow, agree to *accelerate – speed up *accentuate – stress *accommodation – room〔: "formal word"〕 *accompany – go with, with *accomplish – do *accorded – given *accordingly – thus, so〔: "heavy connector"〕 *accrue – add, gain *accurate – right *acquiesce – agree *acquire – get *additional – extra〔: "word to avoid"〕〔: "heavy connector"〕 *address – discuss *addressees – you *adjacent to – Next to *adjustment – change, alteration *admissible – allowed, accepted *advantageous – helpful *adversely impact on – hurt, set back *advise – tell〔: "word to avoid"〕 *afford an opportunity – allow, let *aggregate – total *aircraft – airplane (USA) / aeroplane (UK) (''"Plane" can also mean "flat surface" and a woodworking tool; the word "airplane" avoids this confusion. The word "aircraft" can be used if you need to specifically include balloons, blimps, gliders, etc.; it's the simplest word for the whole category of aerial vehicles.'') *alleviate – ease, reduce *allocate – divide *along the lines of – like, as in *alternatively – or *ameliorate – improve, help *an absence of – no, none *and particularly – particularly〔: "unnecessary"〕 *and/or – use either "and" or "or." *anticipate – expect *a number of – some *applicant – you〔: "word to avoid"〕 *application – use *apparent – clear, plain *apprehend – arrest〔: "officialese"〕 *appreciable – many *appropriate – proper, right *approximate – about〔: "genteelism"〕 *arrive onboard – arrive *as a means of – to *ascertain – find out, learn *as per our telephone conversation of this date – as we discussed this afternoon〔: "commercialese"〕〔: "legaldegook"〕 *as prescribed by – in, under *as far as ... is concerned – (omit)〔: "wordy"〕〔: "verbose"〕 *as to– of, on, with, for, to, by, in, into〔: "wordy, except at beginning of sentence"〕 *as yet, as of yet – yet *assist, assistance – help〔: "genteelism"〕 *at its discretion – can, may *attain – meet *attempt – try *at the present time, at this time, at this point in time, at the moment – now〔: "genteelism"〕〔: "compound preposition"〕 *attributable to – because *at your earliest convenience – as soon as you can〔: "commercialese"〕 *authorize – allow, let 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of plain English words and phrases」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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