The work of prose-construction is often dodged by using dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and meaningless words
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Modern English prose, especially political writing, is characterized by vagueness and incompetence 1 0 2and
The work of prose-construction is often dodged by using dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and meaningless words 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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Modern English prose, especially political writing, is characterized by vagueness and incompetence 1 0 2These tricks lead to an increase in slovenliness and vagueness in writing 1 0 2Many political words are used in variable meanings, often dishonestly 1 0 2The whole tendency of modern prose is away from concreteness 1 0 2Modern writing often consists of long strips of words set in order by someone else 0 0 2Political language consists largely of euphemism and vagueness 1 0 2It involves the scrapping of every word or idiom which has outworn its usefulness 1 0 2A single ill-chosen word may lead a reader to a total misunderstanding 0 0 1In order to be a better writer, you should be sure you know the meaning (or meanings) of every word you use 0 0 1Though a writer starts by knowing what he means, the reader doesn't 0 0 1