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George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'

Word Matters

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The Messenger Is Flawned

In 18 26, he wrote a book with his brother, the king's english. The essay also has plenty of similes, like cavalry horses answering the bugle. He uses these similes and metaphors liberally, so it's kind of odd to me that he exhorts us to not use them. I think perhaps his most egregious mistake is when he says, never use the passive voice where you can use the active. So either he doesn't believe his own advice or he doesn't understand it. And my favourite is his sixth rule which is, which is, break any of these rules sooner rather than later. If you go through any of his other writings, he uses many of

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