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Politics and the English Language - Public Library
Politics and the English Language George Orwell Politics and the English Language Table of Contents Politics and the English George Politics and the English Shooting an i Politics and the English Language Politics and the English Language 1. Politics and the English Language George Orwell George Orwell 2. Politics and the English Language Politics and the English Language MOST PEOPLE WHO BOTHER with the matter at all would admit that the English Language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent, and our Language so the argument runs must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of Language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes.
It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are ... various of the tricks by means of which the work of prose−construction is habitually dodged: Dying metaphors. A newly−invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image, while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically "dead" (e.g., iron resolution) has in effect ...
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