MEMORANDUM
FROM ALEX
STOBART
I read your request in the Guardian following
an article by Andrew Sparrow. Unfortunately his e-mail address
is not easy to find.
The government writing I find difficulty is
where I live in Edinburgh. There is a City Literacy and Numeracy
Partnership in the city called CLAN.
Their services are offered to some of the 36%
of men and 39% of women in Scotland who have difficulties reading
and writing.
However the booklet that describes the services
is nearly 90 pages long, and full of the most difficult words
you will ever see (thus in my opinion alienating their audience
straightaway).
April 2009
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