ENGL 2001 Chapter : Pg789 From Practical Argument Textbook
Document Summary
In george orwell"s essay politics and the english language he uses casual argument to support his belief that contemporary english language is becoming erroneous and incompetent. Politicians use this fluffed english prose in order to avoid clear mental pictures because our decadent civilization would be outraged to hear something accurate. Beyond political speech and language this foggy prose is coupled with insecurity. One cause of using inept long words and overused idioms is when a person"s ideas or style does not match the image they wish to be taken from their words. Orwell also states that it is easy to fall into the pretentious style when writing in a hurry.
