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# Plain English

**Plain English** is a way of writing that helps users understand a document the first time they read it.

In Veeam technical documentation, we focus on the following plain English principles:

- [Short sentences](sentences.md)
- [Split information](information.md)
- [Simple verb tenses](simple_verb_tenses.md)
- [Active voice](active_voice.md)
- [Clear adverbial phrases](adverbial_phrases.md)
- [Correct modal verbs](modal_verbs.md)
- [Fewer gerunds](gerunds.md)
- [Understandable language](language.md)
- [Fewer attributive nouns](attributive_nouns.md)