What I Learnt From My Copy-Editor

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  1. Less is more.

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  1. 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. ”

    1. That advice is spot on. Thank you!

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