George Orwell criticises contemporary English prose for its
disgusting and "inaccurate" use of the Language. He argues that
Language is not shaped for our own use by ourselves like it should be but
rather modern prose isn't sensible. Instead of thoughts being a result of
Language, Language has become results of thoughts. George Orwell also argues
that the political writers of modern English prose use vocabulary that are not
needed. This leads to the lack of understanding and meaning of many words. He
states that in order to have a clear prose, the political writer must be honest
in their writing otherwise it will be pointless. He supports his argument with
a solution that says the inaccuracy of political writing and modern day English
prose can be reversed. It can be done by avoiding the meaning of words and
phrases.
I agree with George Orwell because i
believe the quality of the vocabulary in English Language has worsened over the
past years. Nowadays, I think that there has been more usage of “slang” words
within society.
That's an interesting opinion - do you think the use of slang is a bad thing? Is it not just a sign of our language changing for our purposes?
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