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POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Essay Research

POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Essay, Research Paper


If George Orwell, author of ?Politics and the English Language? read Tom


Verduccis? essay ?Three Dimensional?, he would argue with Tom Verdiccis? style.


Tom Verdicci breaks several of Orwell?s rules. The rules broken are; (1) Never


use a long word where a short one will do; (2) Never use a foreign phrase,


scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English


equivalent.


The first rule broken is ?Never use a long word where a short one will do.?


Verdicci tends to puzzle the reader by using words such as ?captaincy,


crispness, deficiencies, and competent. Orwell states: ?A scrupulous writer, in


every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:


What am I trying to say? What words will express it? What image or idiom will


make it clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?? In each sentence


which Tom Verducci has used these words, it seems like he didn?t bother asking


himself these four simple questions. Consequently, Tom Verducci has broken one


of Orwell?s rules.


Verducci goes on to break a second rule, which states: ?Never use a foreign


phrase, scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English


equivalent. For example in his essay, there is a passage written in foreign


language that states ?Blue Jays first baseman hits like a b

ouncer but schmoozes


like a maitre d?. This phrase relates to another rule of Orwell?s. Orwell


states: ?In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literacy


criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely


lacking of meaning.? Thus, this phrase is a prime example, which breaks Orwells


rules in two ways.


Overall, the essay written by Tom Verducci is well done. But to George Orwells


expectations, it is breaking several of his rules. Both readers agree on the


fact that asking themselves a question, which is: ?Have I said anything that is


avoidably ugly,? is agreed upon. Tom Verducci has not said something, which is


?ugly? in his essay. Also, Verducci has not broken the rule of ?Never us a


metaphor, smile which you are used to seeing in print.? Tom Verducci uses


various types of words to keep his essay interesting to the extent of not making


it boring by repeating words, which are metaphors or similes. Thus, Tom


Verducci has not broken all of Orwell?s rules.


In conclusion, George Orwell, author of ?Politics and the English


Language? read Tom Verduccis? essay ?Three Dimensional?, he would argue with Tom


Verdiccis? style. The rules Tom Verducci breaks are: Never use a long word


where a short one will do; Never use a foreign phrase, scientific word or a


jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

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