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		<title>Politics and the English Language, Rule 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rule 5: Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Nobody likes a know-it-all. For convenience&#8217;s sake, let&#8217;s refer to all language that may baffle your readers as &#8220;jargon.&#8221; Orwell feels that using jargon is &#8220;never&#8221; a good idea. In the best case, a [...]


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		<title>Politics and the English Language, Rule 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rule 4: &#8220;Never use the passive where you can use the active.&#8221;
For most people, identifying passive voice is like finding a dangling participle in a metaphorical haystack. Let&#8217;s look at an example:
Active voice:
Andy embraced Vivian.
Passive voice:
Vivian was embraced by Andy.
Not only does the active voice usually require fewer words (making it play nice with Rule 3), [...]


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		<title>Politics and the English Language, Rule 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series dedicated to George Orwell&#8217;s essay Politics and the English Language.
Rule 2: &#8220;Never use a long word where a short one will do.&#8221;
There is an important nuance to this rule: Orwell urges for truth through clarity, but not at the expense of the message. He is not suggesting avoiding [...]


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		<title>Politics and the English Language, Rule 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Orwell rocks. Learn why you should avoid trite, hackneyed language in your writing.


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