Tài liệu 04) Simplify ppt

Simplify: Orwell's Rules
Orwell's Rules (Some of them)
1. Never use a long word where a short one will
do.
2. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it
out.
3. Never use the passive where you can use the
active.
4. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word
or a jargon word if you can think of an
everyday English equivalent.
1) Never use a long word where a short
one will do.
I am pleased to make your acquaintance.
Instead of:
I’m pleased to meet you.
I’m pleased to meet you.
Write:
2) If it is possible to cut a word out,
always cut it out.
What I want to say to you is that you are fat.
Instead of:
You are fat.
You are fat.
Write:
2) If it is possible to cut a word out,
always cut it out.
The thing is that we really don’t have enough money.
Instead of:
We don’t have enough money.
We don’t have enough money.

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