Comments on: Write less, say more: a refresher guide to plain English https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/11/write-less-say-more-a-refresher-guide-to-plain-english/ Join the UK’s largest membership organisation for commercial writers Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Caitlin Milne https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/11/write-less-say-more-a-refresher-guide-to-plain-english/#comment-23597 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:51:11 +0000 http://procopywriters.wpengine.com/?p=5543#comment-23597 In reply to Luke.

Thanks Luke, you are right of course. There are times when to explain something simply you end up having to use more words. Which can be frustrating when you’re working within tight word counts.

]]> By: Luke https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/11/write-less-say-more-a-refresher-guide-to-plain-english/#comment-23585 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:34:11 +0000 http://procopywriters.wpengine.com/?p=5543#comment-23585 The ‘less is more’ principle is generally a sound one. But often you do need to use more words to put something in everyday language – five words aren’t always better than ten. For example, in your article, you use the verb ‘to plain English something’. I’d say ‘to write something in plain English’.

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