Comments for Plain Text http://www.plain-text.co.uk Copywriting that means business Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Unprintable WWF file format could backfire by Tweets that mention Unprintable WWF file format could backfire -- Topsy.com http://www.plain-text.co.uk/unprintable-wwf-file-format-could-backfire/comment-page-1#comment-2470 Tweets that mention Unprintable WWF file format could backfire -- Topsy.com Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:18:40 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/?p=686#comment-2470 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Owen Jones, Plain Text Ltd. Plain Text Ltd said: WTF? Unprintable new file format WWF could have unintended consequences http://bit.ly/gZWPGD [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Owen Jones, Plain Text Ltd. Plain Text Ltd said: WTF? Unprintable new file format WWF could have unintended consequences http://bit.ly/gZWPGD [...]

]]> Comment on Dissing office jargon is so last decade by Really bored of the Plain English campaign now http://www.plain-text.co.uk/dissing-office-jargon-is-so-last-decade/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Really bored of the Plain English campaign now Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/?p=444#comment-1111 [...] all may sound a bit rich coming from the co-founder of ‘Plain’ Text. But we’ve evolved a bit from our original ‘all jargon is bad’ standpoint. We accept that language is dynamic and some of its rules are there to be broken. Most [...] [...] all may sound a bit rich coming from the co-founder of ‘Plain’ Text. But we’ve evolved a bit from our original ‘all jargon is bad’ standpoint. We accept that language is dynamic and some of its rules are there to be broken. Most [...]

]]> Comment on Do you speak Apple? Or Microsoft? by Plain Text drives a Dragon’s business http://www.plain-text.co.uk/do-you-talk-like-apple-or-microsoft/comment-page-1#comment-59 Plain Text drives a Dragon’s business Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:44:40 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/?p=594#comment-59 [...] with business success. We sort of have to, really – or pack up and go home. So we were a little put out by the FT’s Lucy Kellaway suggesting there was no link between good language and good [...] [...] with business success. We sort of have to, really – or pack up and go home. So we were a little put out by the FT’s Lucy Kellaway suggesting there was no link between good language and good [...]

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]]> Comment on Save our language from the Queen’s English Society by 007 parachutes into pointless language struggle http://www.plain-text.co.uk/save-our-language-from-the-queens-english-society/comment-page-1#comment-53 007 parachutes into pointless language struggle Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:29:49 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/?p=534#comment-53 [...] spit it out!) and that “proper English is disappearing”, Moore joins the ludicrous Queens English Society in pining for a very narrow,  personal ideal of what language should [...] [...] spit it out!) and that “proper English is disappearing”, Moore joins the ludicrous Queens English Society in pining for a very narrow,  personal ideal of what language should [...]

]]> Comment on Contact us by Issue 3 of the Plain Text client newsletter http://www.plain-text.co.uk/contact-us/comment-page-1#comment-52 Issue 3 of the Plain Text client newsletter Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:56:11 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/wp_cms/?page_id=58#comment-52 [...] Plain Text Copywriting that means business Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us [...] [...] Plain Text Copywriting that means business Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us [...]

]]> Comment on Save our language from the Queen’s English Society by The Queen’s English Society deplores your impurities « Sentence first http://www.plain-text.co.uk/save-our-language-from-the-queens-english-society/comment-page-1#comment-51 The Queen’s English Society deplores your impurities « Sentence first Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:58:33 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/?p=534#comment-51 [...] Unsurprisingly, the QES’s claim to greater authority has been received less than enthusiastically. As well as the posts by Linguism and Macmillan Dictionary to which I linked above, John E. McIntyre has been blogging up a storm about it, imagining the absurdity of the academy’s meeting, showing how “language goes where it will and is what its users make of it”, and wondering about the “brittle veneer” of moral superiority that traditionally accompanies language snobbery. Elsewhere, Inky Fool takes the Academy to task over their inaugural press release, and Plain Text wants to save English from the QES. [...] [...] Unsurprisingly, the QES’s claim to greater authority has been received less than enthusiastically. As well as the posts by Linguism and Macmillan Dictionary to which I linked above, John E. McIntyre has been blogging up a storm about it, imagining the absurdity of the academy’s meeting, showing how “language goes where it will and is what its users make of it”, and wondering about the “brittle veneer” of moral superiority that traditionally accompanies language snobbery. Elsewhere, Inky Fool takes the Academy to task over their inaugural press release, and Plain Text wants to save English from the QES. [...]

]]> Comment on Contact us by The latest Plain Text client newsletter http://www.plain-text.co.uk/contact-us/comment-page-1#comment-40 The latest Plain Text client newsletter Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:13:20 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/wp_cms/?page_id=58#comment-40 [...] Plain Text Copywriting that means business Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us [...] [...] Plain Text Copywriting that means business Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us [...]

]]> Comment on Issue 1, September 2001 by Issue 2, December 2001 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/the-plain-text-gazette-issue-1-september-2001/comment-page-1#comment-37 Issue 2, December 2001 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:54:25 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/wp_cms/?p=217#comment-37 [...] the last issue we used press releases from the fictional company Prolix to look at the perils of technology [...] [...] the last issue we used press releases from the fictional company Prolix to look at the perils of technology [...]

]]> Comment on Writing training by Issue 3, May 2002 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/our-services/training/comment-page-1#comment-36 Issue 3, May 2002 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:53:19 +0000 http://www.plain-text.co.uk/wp_cms/?page_id=34#comment-36 [...] Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us The [...] [...] Skip to content HomeAbout usOur teamManifestoOur servicesConsultancyWritingEditorial managementTrainingClientsOur workResourcesPlain Text GazetteA to Z of Plain TextWriting resourcesLinksContact us The [...]

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