George Orwell wrote The Politics of the English Language in 1946. He wrote about the decline of the language, and his message is still relevant 60 years later. Orwell commented on uses of language that obscure, rather than clarify meaning. His thesis was that foolish thinking leads to sloppy language which, in turn, encourages foolish [...]
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