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https://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/05/orwells-writing-tips/ aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/05/orwells-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-7622 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:42:33 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/?p=615#comment-7622 that’s what #6 is for ;-)

]]> https://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/05/orwells-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-7608 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:37:59 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/?p=615#comment-7608 […] class of general academic mumbo-jumbo that you need to cut out of your writing right now. Go read Orwell’s rules, and then Strunk and White, and then we can talk about it again. Hint: utilize=use, militate=block, […]

]]> https://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/05/orwells-writing-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-7523 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:58:48 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/?p=615#comment-7523 I especially like the last one but the list as a whole is a very appropriate description of a large part of Anglophone language ideology. Grice’s maxims are more general but they’re part of the same language culture. It’s fun to adapt to this set of principles but it’s also useful not to be limited by it.

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