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... one's real and one's declared aims , " he explained , one simply resorts to inflated language to give importance to the insignificant . Of course , Orwell was talking about the irresponsible habit of government officials who use ...
... one's real and one's declared aims , " he explained , one simply resorts to inflated language to give importance to the insignificant . Of course , Orwell was talking about the irresponsible habit of government officials who use ...
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... one's real and one's declared aims , one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms , like a cuttlefish squirting out ink . In our age there is no such thing as " keeping out of politics . ” All issues are ...
... one's real and one's declared aims , one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms , like a cuttlefish squirting out ink . In our age there is no such thing as " keeping out of politics . ” All issues are ...
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... one's mind by ready - made phrases ( lay the foundations , achieve a radical transformation ) can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them , and every such phrase anaes- thetizes a portion of one's brain . I said ...
... one's mind by ready - made phrases ( lay the foundations , achieve a radical transformation ) can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them , and every such phrase anaes- thetizes a portion of one's brain . I said ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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