Re: Six elementary rules for writing good english

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> 
> From: "Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Date: 2007/08/06 Mon AM 07:45:30 EDT
> To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject: Six elementary rules for writing good english
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> George Orwell has captured the essence of good English writing in these six
> rules. These are as relevant today as they were during Orwell's time.Thought
> I will share these with you as I found them especially applicable to
> technical documentation:
> Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you
> want to say, then say it as simply as possible. Keep in mind, George
> Orwell's six elementary rules ("Politics and the English Language", 1946):
> 
>    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 out a word, 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.
> 
> Best
> 
> Raj
> 
> Courtesy: The Economist
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> 
> From: "Raj Machhan" <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Date: 2007/08/06 Mon AM 07:45:30 EDT
> To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject: Six elementary rules for writing good english
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> George Orwell has captured the essence of good English writing in these six
> rules. These are as relevant today as they were during Orwell's time.Thought
> I will share these with you as I found them especially applicable to
> technical documentation:
> Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you
> want to say, then say it as simply as possible. Keep in mind, George
> Orwell's six elementary rules ("Politics and the English Language", 1946):
> 
>    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 out a word, 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.
> 
> Best
> 
> Raj
> 
> Courtesy: The Economist
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