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Politics and the English Language

George Orwell

Dying metaphors, pretentious diction and meaningless words: how bad English serves bad politics, and six rules for writing clearly.

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Public domain in Canada and Hong Kong, where copyright ends fifty years after the author’s death. It may still be under copyright elsewhere: not for use or redistribution outside Canada or Hong Kong.

  • Text: Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays (London: Secker & Warburg, 1950; 1968 printing), Faded Page #20190234.

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