Let linguists write tax law

What does one do with a child who cannot write a sentence with no grammatical, logical or spelling errors? They get private lessons. What if that fails too? There is an institution that will gladly accept those who struggle with their mother tongue with open arms: the Ministry of Finance – President of Employers of Poland Andrzej Malinowski writes in “Rzeczpospolita”. 

– It has long been agreed that the quality of legislation in Poland is bad and that the law is badly constructed when it comes to substantive matters. However, it has to be finally admitted openly that administration officials do not use Polish properly! How can we talk of the quality of law if its authors cannot write in their native language? If they routinely disregard the rules of logic and grammar? It is high time they learned to write! Or else ministries will have to hire professional linguists as editors. Thus far, administration officials have failed the grade – concludes Malinowski.

The article is available here.