'Boilerplate' Language Is All Business — VOA Learning English
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Today we talk about a type of writing -- boilerplate. Boilerplate language is the writing in documents such as contracts. The language is standardized. This means the words are well established and used by many people. The language is widely recognized as acceptable. It is not creative, nor does it change very much.
So, when it comes to things like business documents, legal contracts, and training manuals, boilerplate is a good thing. You don’t need or want creative language in those sorts of documents.
However, in writing other kinds of stories, boilerplate has a different meaning.
If a piece of writing is not special or creative, we…
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