1. Plain English Exercises
Patricia Minacori, Senior Lecturer

2. Webography http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/campaigning/examples.html

3. 1.1
Before
High-quality learning environments are a necessary precondition for facilitation and enhancement of the ongoing learning process.

4. 1.2
After
Children need good schools if they are to learn properly.

5. 2.1
Before
If there are any points on which you require explanation or further particulars we shall be glad to furnish such additional details as may be required by telephone

6. 2.2
After
Please read the notes opposite before you fill in the form. Then send it back to us as soon as possible in the envelope provided.

7. 3.1
Before
Your enquiry about the use of the entrance area at the library for the purpose of displaying posters and leaflets about Welfare and Supplementary Benefit rights, gives rise to the question of the provenance and authoritativeness of the material to be displayed. Posters and leaflets issued by the Central Office of Information, the Department of Health and Social Security and other authoritative bodies are usually displayed in libraries, but items of a disputatious or polemic kind, whilst not necessarily excluded, are considered individually.

8. 3.2
After
Thank you for your letter asking for permission to put up posters in the library. Before we can give you an answer we will need to see a copy of the posters to make sure they won't offend anyone.

9. 4.1
Where a professional accountant in public practice has requested explicit consent from a client and that consent has been refused by the client, the professional accountant shall decline to perform or shall discontinue professional services that would result in the conflict of interest; or shall terminate relevant relationships or dispose of relevant interests to eliminate the threat or reduce it to an acceptable level, such that consent can be obtained, after applying any additional safeguards if necessary

10. 4.2
Where a client has refused to provide explicit consent, the accountant shall: • not perform the service, or • terminate the relationship, or • dispose of the interest, to eliminate the threat or reduce it to an acceptable level.

11. 5.1

12. 5.2

13. 6.1
If the threat created by a conflict of interest is not at an acceptable level, the professional accountant in business shall apply safeguards to eliminate the threat or reduce it to an acceptable level. If safeguards cannot reduce the threat to an acceptable level, the professional accountant shall decline to undertake or discontinue the professional activity that would result in the conflict of interest; or shall terminate the relevant relationships or dispose of relevant interests to eliminate the threat or reduce it to an acceptable level.

14. 6.2
If you cannot reduce a threat created by a conflict of interest to an acceptable level, you shall apply safeguards for doing so. If that is not possible, you shall refuse to carry out the activity that would result in the conflict of interest. Another option is to terminate the relationship with your employer or dispose of all relevant interests.