Plain English Writing Example

Management Report

"If we could get our staff, especially our management team, to edit their documents with StyleWriter before circulating them, we would save thousands of dollars a day, millions of dollars a year. Every business should use StyleWriter when communicating internally and externally."
- Chief Executive Officer

Much of the stale style of communication in business and government comes from middle management. Managers often complain colleagues and support workers cannot write well. Often the problem is with the manager. Most of the worst writing in organizations is the product of middle managers. Why is this? Most managers read thousands of business documents. They quickly pick up bad style and writing habits in those documents. Before they know it, they're reproducing the dull, long-winded style so typical of management communication.

Have a look at the management report example below. Which is more like the management style in your organization? Which would you prefer to read?

Before Editing with StyleWriter

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After Editing with StyleWriter

Click on the image below to see the same writing edited with StyleWriter into plain English.

We showed this example to 100 managers and asked which style they were more likely to have to read from other managers and which they would prefer to read. Ninety-five percent of managers thought they were more likely to get the Before Editing with StyleWriter example and 100 percent wanted the After Editing with StyleWriter example.

Isn't it time all managers wrote in clear English.

To guarantee all your management reports are in clear, concise and easy-to-read English use StyleWriter