Politics And The English Language (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
How often have you come across this sort of nonsense,"Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account,"when what really should have been said is,"I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all"?George Orwell's observations and rules for writing, as presented in this short essay, will benefit anyone trying to improve as a writer or a thinker. A really interesting commentary on the English Language and how overuse of now meaningless metaphors and intellectual "jargon" has destroyed the ability of the average academic to actually convey meaning. I think his six rules will be difficult to stick by, but I'm definitely going to try and use them next time I'm writing an essay - hopefully I can get across what I want to say and keep under the set word limit!
What do You think about Politics And The English Language (2000)?
shifts the way you look at your english language usage!
—3macs
