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nikii_js's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
A great essay to read for anyone interested in journalism (amazing to reference for personal statements) and anyone interested in the development and evolution of the English Language- Orwell's take is filled with nuances that still stand to today, about his reasonings for the downfall of language.
sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
5.0
The essay is something that any Journalist, writer, politician or for that matter anyone who wants to express his or her opinions (or at least value them), should read. Anyone who has ever read newspaper shall understand what the author is asking for.
emmabirli's review against another edition
5.0
relevant dar also orwell sefu se pisa pe toti debaterii si munerii
stephibabes's review against another edition
4.0
I think I will read this again and again throughout the course of undertaking my PhD.
4lbxrtoii's review against another edition
3.0
if I could summarize and simplify all of it, basically he wants a reduction of word jargon for clarity and actual language.
iseultavia's review
4.0
This, and I am certain it was Orwell's intent, is quite lucid; I half-expected a work from a storied author to be a bit more anfractous in construction, so I was positively surprised. This is the first of his works I have read, but 'twas a magnificent starting point.
¶ I read it recently as part of a school assignment: though I am often not wont to pay much mind to the texts I analyse (a foolish inclination), I was engaged with this one for its enirety.
¶ Apropos its content, I find it quite comical that I unconsciously follow the writing patterns he critiques―an overuse of Latin and Greek terms, a proclivity for using obscure/unecessary terms, and a tendency to use ready-made phrases to spare, as he stated, the effort of thinking.
¶ I am quite fatuous when it comes to politics, I must confess, but I find Orwell's views upon political rhetoric intriguing―particulaly what he states about its tendency to obfuscate unsavory details with an air of objectivity. I have noted this myself, not only in political rhetoric but in statements made my analysts and critics.
Lest I become redundant, I shall end this here, though I wished I had more to say.
¶ I read it recently as part of a school assignment: though I am often not wont to pay much mind to the texts I analyse (a foolish inclination), I was engaged with this one for its enirety.
¶ Apropos its content, I find it quite comical that I unconsciously follow the writing patterns he critiques―an overuse of Latin and Greek terms, a proclivity for using obscure/unecessary terms, and a tendency to use ready-made phrases to spare, as he stated, the effort of thinking.
¶ I am quite fatuous when it comes to politics, I must confess, but I find Orwell's views upon political rhetoric intriguing―particulaly what he states about its tendency to obfuscate unsavory details with an air of objectivity. I have noted this myself, not only in political rhetoric but in statements made my analysts and critics.
Lest I become redundant, I shall end this here, though I wished I had more to say.
thewrongkenna's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Second essay isn’t really a review as such but still an interesting read
dreiac's review against another edition
4.0
An essay about language. Orwell simply puts it - “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”