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We recently #plainenglish edited a govt. survey. “A camel,” it has been said, “is a horse designed by committee.” While we make no judgements, here at APM...

While I agree #travel broadens the mind, comprehending those #insurance policies can be like walking through honey on a cold day. I was recently reading...

Internal policies must be 100% clear to avoid trespassing or disputes. No untangling of lawyer speak or clumsy wording. We plain...

As Julie Andrews never sang – here are a few of my most unfavourite things. (…when the dog utilises, when the...

A #legalease #plainEnglish before and after #edit. Some may argue the need to mention “criteria”. I didn’t see it, neither did the client. As always...

Here’s one from a recent #plainenglish review of a suite of #government application #forms. Our much-loved, long-term client was somewhat amused albeit startled such an egregious...

As with a lot of text that comes to APM for a ‘clean’, template copy is usually a Frankensteinian concoction. The...

APM Principal Andrew Pegler is in Canberra doing a plain English training program for writers of explanatory memorandums at the Federal...

It’s the end of annual report season and we’ve been busy wrangling ropey, client-supplied copy into clarion calls worthy of a...

APM Principal Andrew Pegler has just finished #judging NZ’s #plainenglish awards in the #legalease category. APM does a lot of legal editing. Here’s an extract from...