{"id":28,"date":"2019-12-12T00:21:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T00:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/chapter\/self-diagnosis-of-ones-writing-ailments-can-be-fun-american-literature-i\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:48:36","slug":"self-diagnosis-of-ones-writing-ailments-can-be-fun-american-literature-i","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-english102\/chapter\/self-diagnosis-of-ones-writing-ailments-can-be-fun-american-literature-i\/","title":{"raw":"Self-Diagnosis of One's Writing Ailments can be Fun!","rendered":"Self-Diagnosis of One&#8217;s Writing Ailments can be Fun!"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"self-diagnosis-of-ones-writing-ailments-can-be-fun\" class=\"chapter standard\">\r\n<div class=\"ugc chapter-ugc\">\r\n<p class=\"nonindent\">Is using plain language the law?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\">The following humorous site, \u201c<a 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