- Less is more.
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2 responses to “What I Learnt From My Copy-Editor”
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Orwell’s advice to writers:
“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. ”-
That advice is spot on. Thank you!
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