Politics and the English Language
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"Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell which criticises the "ugly and inaccurate" written English of his time and examines the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language. It was originally published in the April 1946 issue of the journal Horizon. The article had been intended for George Weidenfeld's Contact magazine but it was turned down - the magazine wanted reportage. Politics and the English Language was Orwell's last major article for Horizon.
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See also
- Anglish
- Bibliography of George Orwell
- The Elements of Style
- Fowler's Modern English Usage
- Humphrey Appleby
- Logorrhoea
- LTI - Lingua Tertii Imperii
- Obfuscation
- Plain English
- Pleonasm
- Writing style
- Plain English
- Verbosity
- A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
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