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... doublespeak it's not dying but " terminal living " or " negative patient care outcome . ” There are four kinds of doublespeak . The first kind is the euphemism , a word or phrase designed to avoid a harsh or distasteful reality . Used ...
... doublespeak it's not dying but " terminal living " or " negative patient care outcome . ” There are four kinds of doublespeak . The first kind is the euphemism , a word or phrase designed to avoid a harsh or distasteful reality . Used ...
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Gary Goshgarian. 9 10 11 12 13 Doublespeak is not the product of careless language or sloppy thinking . Quite the opposite . Doublespeak is language carefully designed and con- structed to appear to communicate when in fact it doesn't ...
Gary Goshgarian. 9 10 11 12 13 Doublespeak is not the product of careless language or sloppy thinking . Quite the opposite . Doublespeak is language carefully designed and con- structed to appear to communicate when in fact it doesn't ...
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... doublespeak . After all , we all know what's going on , so what's the harm ? But we don't always know what's going on , and when that happens , doublespeak accomplishes its ends . It alters ... doublespeak had an 470 DOUBTS ABOUT DOUBLESPEAK.
... doublespeak . After all , we all know what's going on , so what's the harm ? But we don't always know what's going on , and when that happens , doublespeak accomplishes its ends . It alters ... doublespeak had an 470 DOUBTS ABOUT DOUBLESPEAK.
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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