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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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