Throughout the years the use of the English language has worsened due to the combination of different dialects as stated in the essay "Politics and The English Language" by George Orwell. The English language has become a common language worldwide, and this in turn has contributed to the informal dialectics we hear today. Orwell states that the English language has become corrupted with slang and therefore has collapsed (234). In order to fix the language George Orwell in his critic proposes six rules, that although basic people tend to forget them. There are various instances in which George Orwell contradicts his suggestions by making the same mistakes his criticizes. Orwell manipulates the reader into thinking that the English language we use is not proper, however, his writing is not convincing because he breaks the same rules he criticizes. Through the use of slang language he tends to confuse the reader juts like politics.
Orwell’s message to the reader is that the English is decomposing due to the abuse of meaningless words. According to Orwell rule number two, using short words is a more clear and concise form of writing, since long words would confuse the readers (244). The overuse
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As previous examples had shown this a rule that Orwell does not apply to his own writing, since most of his sentence can be condense and plain English can be use. For example he states, “The writer either has a meaning and cannot express it, or he inadvertently says something else, or he is almost indifferent as to whether his words mean anything or not.” (Orwell 236). In plain English Orwell could’ve instead say the writer accidentally does not know how to be specific in his meaning, and would had avoided a long sentence and extra words. Finally, by breaking some of his own rules to stop the downfall on the English language illustrates how he wants to manipulate the