June 2012
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Why Orwell Hated the Cliche →
futurejournalismproject:
For what would have been George Orwell’s 99th birthday, here are reflections on his relationship to writing and language from Lawrence Wright:
Orwell’s proposition is that modern English, especially written English, is so corrupted by bad habits that it has become impossible to think clearly. The main enemy, he believed, was insincerity, which hides behind the long...
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“You gave me the world, but you still did the things that would make me feel...”
