It is convention in Victoria to use plain English, be concise, and even be nice when drafting letters. In contrast, the ones I’ve seen in Singapore tend to be “aggressive”, and not a few use legalese extensively.
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2 Comments
i agree.
the language used when drafting in singapore seems very antiquated and over-the-top.
plain english is much better.
First and foremost, I’m a terrible writer and tend to churn an ocean with my sentences. So, I try to stick to using Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test. From the statistics, the general public understands 6-7th grade writing best. Short and simple.
If you are interested, it can be activated in microsoft word under tools>options>spelling&grammer>readability. So next time you write, you can click on spelling and grammar to check how eye-widening the writing is.
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