Beware of 'This isn't how I'd put it'

Here are two excerpts from the Plain Language Awards 2022 winner of the legal documents category. 

I love that MAS commits to using we, you, and they

And because it's 'not that simple', a little further on, they define the three roles you and they might have.

To draw attention to the important information, MAS uses:

  • colour

  • shaded boxes

  • numbers


Notice that they don't use:

  • all caps

  • the heading IMPORTANT NOTICE


Hooray!

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