[lg policy] Using short words instead of long ones

[Harold Schiffman]

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November  3, 2011

Going Short
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2011/11/03/going-short/

Plain words may be better than fancy ones. Ben Yagoda (with E.B.
White) explains why.
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