Free Plain English interactive exercises

Plain Language, Plain English, Clear Writing exercises and resources (419 exercises total)

Plain English interactive exercises for seminars (108 exercises total)

Note: These exercises were created using Hot Potatoes v. 6.3, a freeware from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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