• Are you fed up with complicated (1) jargon/ slang in official documents that's impossible to fully (2) comprehend/ contradict?
• Do you hear politicians use (3) vague / relevant and (4) literal / ambiguous language and realise you haven't got a/an (5) inkling/ hint what they really mean?
• Do you find doctors' handwriting (6) colloquial/ illegible on prescriptions?
• We (7) declare/ denounce all uses of language that confuse rather than explain.
• Let's be (8) blunt/ sharp. A lot of people in public life could do much better.
• Sign our (9) placard/ petition today and make your feelings clear.
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