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Buy the Book on Amazon Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. He is best known for his 1967 novel Trout Fishing in America. – WIKIPEDIA

“Here are some writing rules proposed by George Orwell to ensure that your language is not vague, misleading, and meaningless:

i. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”

- from "Politics & the English Language," in which Orwell criticizes the vague, misleading, meaningless writing style of the academics, authors, and politicians of his day, is an excellent work, and as true now as it was in 1946.

Buy the Book on Amazon Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. He is best known for his 1967 novel Trout Fishing in America. – WIKIPEDIA

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