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		<title>Use simple, clear language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting here looking at some client copy. It grates. It grates a lot. The reason? It uses a kind of overblown, wordy marketing speak which gets in the way. It&#8217;s using language like this: &#8230;using the built-in chocolate-making capabilities &#8230; <a href="http://www.dangerous-thinking.com/2008/07/04/use-simple-clear-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sitting here looking at some client copy. It grates. It grates a lot. </p>
<p>The reason? It uses a kind of overblown, wordy marketing speak which gets in the way. It&#8217;s using language like this:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;using the built-in chocolate-making capabilities included with every mega purple widgit</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you really need the word &#8216;capabilities&#8217;? Try reading it without:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;using the built-in chocolate-making included with every mega purple widgit</p></blockquote>
<p>I think it&#8217;s better without. It also punctures the corporate grandiosity that lurks heavily in the background of such a writing style.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re bothered by seeing &#8216;chocolate-making&#8217; as a verb, how about this?:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;using the built-in chocolate maker included with every mega purple widgit</p></blockquote>
<p>Be concise, simple and clear. Your customers will reward you for it.</p>
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