George Orwell Nick Lutz

The author of this essay, George Orwell, opens the article by stating that English is bad. He puts it in a very short but precise way. What he means by bad is that the way our language is right now needs to be improved. Civilization reflects in our language, and therefore language needs to be on the incline instead of the decline. This essay was written over fifty years ago, and still believe that language is becoming worse. In everyday conversations there are so many grammatical errors that people do not even notice. These errors reflect in writing as well. Since most of us write the exact way we talk there are bound to be too many errors to even count. To try make formal writing better the main thing people do is try to "dress" the essay up. I know even in my writing I find myself trying to make and essay sound better, when in fact the essay is just becoming worse with the use of useless words. One of the greatest examples in using pointless words is in political speeches. Politics believe they are persuading the audience with big words, but they are merely just confusing them. I believe two of the most important things that George Orwell points out is,"Never use a long word where a short one will do, and never use passive where you can use active." If maybe even one of theses rules are used everyday by people then I believe our language would improve greatly.