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George Orwell is one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century. Most loved and remembered for his fiction, he also produced an expansive array of essays, including "Politics and the English Language", which contains his advice regarding clarity in writing and speaking.
Today's political and academic landscape is often accused of being rife with rambling unclarity, and this was something Orwell also perceived and lamented in his own time, making much of his advice on how to avoid this still relevant today.
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Read Politics and the English Language: https://libcom.org/files/Politics%20and%20the%20English%20Language%20-%20George%20Orwell.pdf
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Intro 0:00
Examples of "bad modern English" 2:20
"Dying Metaphors" 7:36
"False Verbal Limbs" 10:47
"Pretentious Diction" 12:51
"Meaningless Words" 15:28
Summary 18:30
Closing thoughts 19:47
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