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Politics And The English Language And Other Essays (Hardback) (1946)

by George Orwell(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1849028354 (ISBN13: 9781849028356)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Benediction Classics

review 1: Very funny, very good, very fitting. Written in 1946 but it's at least as valid now as back then. At University, I'm using the "some might argue that..." and "it is not unthinkable..." all the bloody time and though it's annoying, it's unavoidable. It's everywhere. It's genre. It's academical vagueness. I said "unavoidable" but what do I know... maybe I should run a test and see if the higher powers - the professors - like or dislike it. I'm not sure I read the full version, though, some of the juicier quotes I've seen around seem to be missing. Sigh, and double sigh. Hopefully I'll find the full version some day too. PS My favourite vague-ism was always "it may not be unreasonable to assume".
review 2: this is basically how to write 101 and orwell spells it ou... moret simply"1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous” less

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