Quotes by Plain English [The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English. Ben Jonson plain-english conceited play I am allowed to use plain English because everybody knows that I could use mathematical logic if I chose. Bertrand Russell plain-english mathematical-logic use A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means. Dorothy L. Sayers plain-english clarity mean