Examples
In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the phrase "I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request" simply means "No." The pretentious dialogue Elizabeth Swann attempts to use as a gate-keeping device against Jack Sparrow illustrates how jargon and pretentious language can be used as a barrier between classes. Plain language is also used in translations of the Holy Bible such as the Common English Bible or the New International Version changing "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" Exodus 20:16 KJV to "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor" Exodus 20:16 CEB.
The following table contains examples of before-and-after plain language text from existing public documents.
| Original text | Plain language |
|---|---|
| High-quality learning environments are a necessary precondition for facilitation and enhancement of the ongoing learning process. | Children need good schools if they are to learn properly. |
| Firearm relinquishment is a mandatory condition. | You must turn in your guns. |
| This temporary injunction remains in effect against both parties until the final decree of divorce or order of legal separation is entered, the complaint is dismissed, the parties reach agreement, or until the court modifies or dissolves this injunction. This injunction shall not preclude either party from applying to the court for further temporary orders, an extended injunction or modification or revocation of this temporary injunction. | You must follow this order unless the court changes or ends it, your case is finalized or dismissed, or you and your spouse make an agreement. Either spouse may ask the court to change or cancel this order. |
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