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	[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language "Politics and the English Language"]		[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language "Politics and the English Language"]

	1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.		: 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.		: 2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
	3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.		: 3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
	4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.		: 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.		: 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.		: 6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

	== Murder Your Darlings ==		== Murder Your Darlings ==
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	Faulkner: "Kill your darlings."		Faulkner: "Kill your darlings."

			== William Safire ==

			[http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/01/fumblerules-of-grammar.html "Fumblerules of Grammar"]

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George Orwell

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	== George Orwell ==		== George Orwell ==

	* Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.		[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language "Politics and the English Language"]
	* Never use a long word where a short one will do.
	* If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.		1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
	* Never use the passive where you can use the active.		2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
	* Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.		3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
	* Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.		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.

	== Murder Your Darlings ==		== Murder Your Darlings ==

Mxmsj at 07:46, 15 November 2021

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	* Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.		* Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
	* Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.		* Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

			== Murder Your Darlings ==

			[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch:] "Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it — whole-heartedly — and delete it before sending your manuscripts to press. Murder your darlings."

			Faulkner: "Kill your darlings."

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== George Orwell ==

* Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
* Never use a long word where a short one will do.
* If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
* Never use the passive where you can use the active.
* Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
* Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

[[Category:Editing]]