2009年11月30日星期一

George Orwell, Politics and English Language

'political writing becomes the defense of the indefensible, most political writing is bad, where it is not the author is usually a rebel ”.
I think the english is inflences with political. Also the political should follow the english lauguage.
Like the speech. It should be follow the 6 rules which is :
"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."

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