I am often guilty of over-writing. It turns out I know all the right “rules”, I’m just better at editing other people’s work than I am my own.
How to write in plain English looks like it should be required reading for anyone who wants to be read, right along with Elements of Style (which it resembles).
If writing required a license, like driving, the entire test would consist of the question Have you read and understood “Elements of Style”? Y or N
