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- …but now we've changed our minds. It’s quite useful really, in its proper place. Why resist?
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The latest Plain Text client newsletter
In this issue of our occasional email newsletter we feature website work for Hay Group, an email for the Energy Saving Trust and Plain Text co-founder Paul Nero's secret life as a radio broadcaster.
When money speaks louder than words
Yes, we’re talking about hedge fund websites. They make Google look wordy. I guess it’s a simple way of saying: “If you need to know anything about what we do, then you’re clearly not our sort.” At 41 words, including the phone number, Amiya Capital is exceptionally cool. Whereas IV Capital, sporting 147 words, is [...]
Issue 5, December 2002
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THE PLAIN TEXT GAZETTE – Issue 5, December 2002
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Contents
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* Editorial
* Introducing the A-Z of Plain Text
* When communication doesn’t #5: caught in the Web
Editorial
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Welcome to the last Plain Text Gazette of 2002.
It’s been a high-profile time for no-nonsense writing here in the UK, with the annual ‘Plain English’ awards exposing the worst of corporate and [...]


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