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. 1992 Nov 5;360(6399):11-2.
doi: 10.1038/360011a0.

The infectiousness of pompous prose

M W Gregory  1
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The infectiousness of pompous prose

M W Gregory. Nature. .

Abstract

For centuries, scientists have been bombarded with pleas for plain language. Why have these pleas had no effect, when the problem of unreadable prose could be solved at a stroke?

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