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Freitag, 6. Januar 2012
George Orwell: 5 Rules
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1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Für den Profi sicher kalter Kaffee und Schnee von gestern. Ich kannte die bisher aber noch nicht. Klingt in meinenAugen Ohren ja sehr plausibel. Bin ich bei den Kollegen von der schwarzen Front drüber gestolpert: What is radical writing?
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Für den Profi sicher kalter Kaffee und Schnee von gestern. Ich kannte die bisher aber noch nicht. Klingt in meinen
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