Usually means: Clear, straightforward language for communication.
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  1. plain-English: Wordnik
  2. plain english, plain English: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. Plain English: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. plain English: Wiktionary

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  1. plain English: Legal dictionary

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  1. Plain English: Glossary of Translation and Interpreting Terminology

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noun:  English that does not use any jargon or technical or scientific terminology; simple or easily comprehensible words or language, usually denoting a form restricted by good sense alone, as contrasted with a codified form via controlled natural language.

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