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Something to cut out…

I like to look at esoteric aspects of language and sometimes be flippant with tongue-in-cheek musings – as per my previous posts. But today, let’s be practical. In George Orwell’s 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language”, he listed five rules for effective writing. … Continue reading

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