7/14/2014

Ways to Improve English

·       Never use “got”

·       Never use “thing”

·       Avoid “to be” verbs

·       Never place yourself as a subject of the sentence 

George Orwell's on Enlgish 

      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.