One can only wish that our superiors in government and industry would read and heed this. I get tired of fighting this battle over and over as a technical writer.

As one friend of mine put it, "When I was a technical writer we all strived to write as clearly and simply as possible – however – when the project managers would read it they were offended that bigger words were not used and more explanation (wordiness) was not conveyed. And they represented the customer so we of course did we as were told. So, the first rule of technical writing is that you rarely can please everyone."