bs2Dec 5, 2023

I wonder if Shelden has said anything about #ChatGPT or #AIText (#AISalami) in general?

> Michael Shelden calls Newspeak "the perfect language for a society of bad writers...because it reduces the number of choices available to them".[10] Shelden says that Newspeak first corrupts writers morally, then politically, "since it allows writers to cheat themselves and their readers with ready-made prose".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language
#MichaelShelden #Orwell #GeorgeOrwell #PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage

Politics and the English Language - Wikipedia

bs2Dec 5, 2023
> Orwell despised a lot of words. He wrote.. in 1946.. “#PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage,”.. tak[ing] aim at.. pet hatreds: excessive use of Latinate instead of Anglo-Saxon words; unwarranted use of the passive voice; mixed metaphors; clichés; and the phrase “not un-,” as in “it is not unlikely that Trump will seek office in 2024 if not barred from doing so.” (Redundant, fumes Orwell. Just say, “It’s likely.”)..
https://www.vox.com/culture/22233197/orwellian-definition-george-orwell-1984-politics-english-language-josh-hawley-donald-trump-jr
#ConstanceGrady #Orwellian #GeorgeOrwell
The word “Orwellian” has lost all meaning

How the right made the word “Orwellian” an empty cliché.

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रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Jun 18, 2023

What a delightfully-irreverent guide to #writing in #English - if you're a fan of #PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage by #GeorgeOrwell or of the #ElementsOfStyle by #StrunkAndWhite, brace yourself:

"How To Write English Prose", The Lamp (https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-to-write-english-prose).

#Style #StyleGuide

How to Write English Prose

To my mind, each is in its own way a perfect, exquisitely faceted gem of English prose from an especially glorious literary epoch. Browne’s prose is a…

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