On 29/07/11 10:53 AM, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:
A fascinating item, thank you Tony, slightly marred by the inability of
science writers to use the English language to best effect.
[Off topic]
Good to see the effective use of English being defended, Geoffrey. I
fear it is not just science writers who are guilty of Manglish: the
entire journalistic profession -- or at least, those younger than 50 or
so -- are responsible for a panoply of atrocities. I refer those
interested in this (off) topic to Orwell's essay "Politics and the
English Language", written in 1946 but perhaps even more relevant today.
See http://langs.eserver.org/politics-english-language.txt
Regards
David Nicholls
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