U.S. Department of Transportation Plain Language Resource Page
Contact Neil Eisner http://www.plainlanguage.gov/contrib/page1.htm
President’s Memorandum on Plain Language www.reg-group.com/library/PLmemo.html
Vice President’s Memorandum on Plain Language www.plainlanguage.gov/cites/vpguid.htm
Secretary’s Memo http://www.dot.gov/ost/ogc/memo.htm
DOT Action Plan http://www.dot.gov/ost/ogc/action.htm
Plain Language Action Network (PLAN) www.plainlanguage.gov/pen.htm
Writing User-Friendly Documents http://www.plainlanguage.gov/handbook/index.htm
Testing Your Document http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/test.htm
Plain English at a Glance http://www.plainlanguage.gov/library/ataglanc.htm
Simpler Words and Phrases http://www.plainlanguage.gov/library/smpl1.htm
Federal Register: Plain Language Tool
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/plain_language/tools.html
Document Drafting Handbook
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/document_drafting_handbook/print_friendly.ht
ml?page=document_drafting_handbook_content.html&title=NARA%20%7C%20Federal%20Re
gister%20%7C%20Document%20Drafting%20Handbook
Making Regulations Readable
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/document_drafting_handbook/introduction.pdf
Drafting Legal Documents
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/drafting_legal_documents/drafting_legal_docu
ments.html
Thesaurus of Indexing Terms indexes
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/thesaurus.html
A Plain English Handbook: How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents:
http://www.sec.gov/news/extra/handbook.htm
Small Business Administration Plain Language Page http://www.sba.gov/plain/
Plain English Campaign http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/index.html
Can you Survive Without Plain English http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/guides.html
Plain Language Online http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/Resources/index.html
Plain Language Partners http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/networkindex.html
The Plain Train http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/plaintrain/
Seven Principles of Plain Language http://www.islandnet.com/~wwlia/plainlan.htm
The Plain Language Association International http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/
The Rapport Plain Language Newsletter
http://www.gopdg.com/plainlanguage/Rapport/rap21.html#mast
Clarity http://www.adler.demon.co.uk/clarity.htm
Project on the Use of Plain Language http://www.sec.gov/pdf/handbook.pdf
Plain Language Commission http://www.plain-language-commission.com/
Answering the Critics of Plain Language
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/kimble/critics.htm
Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/kimble/dollars.htm
Garbl’s Writing Resources Online http://garbl.home.comcast.net/writing/
Plain English Campaign http://www.plainenglishcampaign.com/examples.html
IRS Plain Language Regulations
http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/content/0,,id=103728,00.html
FAA Plain Language Initiative http://www.faa.gov/language/
ABA Online Writing Resources
http://w3.abanet.org/search/pages/viewDoc.cfm?docKey=/opt/abanet/htdocs/en_US/lpm/i
ncludes/sub/bp160_links.htm@ABAweb&queryText=writing%20labs&url=http://www.abanet.or
g/lpm/includes/sub/bp160_links.htm&h=true
Writing Assistance Websites
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/literature/writing/
The Bluebook of Grammar and Punctuation http://www.grammarbook.com/
Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html
Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/
Grammar Slammer http://englishplus.com/gramslam.htm
Elements of Style http://sut1.sut.ac.th/strunk/
Grammar & Style Notes
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html
Guide to Grammar and Writing http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
HyperGrammar
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
Grammar & Style Guides http://electricpenguin.com/inkspot/
Internet Reference Resources http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/
Writing Resources on the Web
http://www.msoe.edu/gen_st/write.html
NASA’s Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Organizations/TechPubs/Manual/index.html
National Writing Centers Association
http://www.writerswrite.com/writinglinks/ucenters.htm
Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html
Rennselaer Writing Center
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
University of Illinois http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm
University of Michigan http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/help/owl.html
University of Richmond http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html
University of Wisconsin
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html
Online English Grammar http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
Online Resources of Writers http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/writing.htm
Resources for Writers
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html
Writer’s Reference Desk
http://www.mindspring.com/~jadcox/Writer%27s_Desk.html
Acronyms Used by the Federal Government http://www-
lib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Great Reference Books Online http://www.bartleby.com/
Dictionary.Com http://dictionary.reference.com/
DICT Online Dictionary
Hypertext Webster Interface
http://members.aol.com/trial2nd/transcripts/webster.html
Lectlaw http://www.lectlaw.com/
Roget’s Thesaurus http://thesaurus.reference.com/Roget-Alpha-
Index.html
Webster’s Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
http://www.lightlink.com/bobp/wedt/resources.htm
WWLIA Legal Dictionary http://www.dougbreyfogle.com/lawdictionary/