[PRL] Bad Writing and Bad Thinking

[David Herman]

Feh.

    http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003366.html

See also:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=language+log+orwell

Dave

On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Mitchell Wand wrote:

> Link: http://chronicle.com/article/Bad-WritingBad-Thinking/65031/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en (via shareaholic.com)
> 
> Orwell leaves us with a list of simple rules:
> 
> Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
> Never use a long word where a short one will do.
> If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
> Never use the passive where you can use the active.
> Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
> Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
> 
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