Sentences with phrase «plain speech»

The 350 ppm target, which once seemed so obscure, had by the end of the talks become an expression of plain speech.
Today I'm just going to lay it all out in plain speech because I've got a ton of things going on but I don't want you to have to wait any longer for this amazing recipe.
Pinker also notes that we may be reluctant to use plain speech because it may indicate that we are not as sophisticated as we would like to appear.
Another fan of plain speech for scientists is the Smithsonian Institution, which now requires its students, postdocs, and research associates to devote at least 20 % of their time to explaining their findings in person to the public.
I don't know if it's because I'm unfamiliar with some of the vocabulary (definitely) or if they're using different sentence structures or just using exceedingly plain speech that I'm not used to.
At first intimidated before the august assemblage of politicians including eventual Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Maud's testimony gains momentum on the fleetness of plain speech and the unadorned truth of the drudgery and desperation of her life, and the lives of women like her.
In a superficial sense, of course, Trump's campaign is populism to a tee: plain speech, division of the country into a «silent majority» versus an elite minority, and a refusal to respect the social conventions of the latter.
But on balance, «unfair and unaffordable» isn't double speak but plain speech.
In my opinion a little bit of levity and examples in so called «plain speech» might go a long way to remind the entire profession of what the law is all about, the protection of the populace and the society.
There's a U.S. wiki called Readable Laws that attempts to make American legislation come closer to plain speech than it does when leaving Congress.
America seems to be a goal - oriented society that prefers explicit meanings, candor, and «plain speech» to ambiguity and allusion.
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