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The Plain English Campaign and South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Liesel Hibbert  and
Sinfree Makoni
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Abstract

A consideration of how useful the Plain English movement can be in a country like South Africa

Type
Research Article
Information
English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 3 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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