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== Prose ==

I have always subscribed to George Orwell's contention that good prose should should be like a window pane, allowing a message to be conveyed with absolute clarity; there is nothing worse than bad English in the masquerade of pseudo-scholarship. I have made an attempt here to convey the essential facts on the subject with as much clarity and precision as I can. If anyone thinks they can do better by all means have a go-I will certainly not stand in their way. But what I do resent-and ''deeply'' so-are unconstructive and petty-minded tags. Those unhappy with the 'tone' of the present article are quite welcome to 'resurrect' the corpse in its original form.
[[User:Rcpaterson|Rcpaterson]] 03:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Prose

I have always subscribed to George Orwell's contention that good prose should should be like a window pane, allowing a message to be conveyed with absolute clarity; there is nothing worse than bad English in the masquerade of pseudo-scholarship. I have made an attempt here to convey the essential facts on the subject with as much clarity and precision as I can. If anyone thinks they can do better by all means have a go-I will certainly not stand in their way. But what I do resent-and deeply so-are unconstructive and petty-minded tags. Those unhappy with the 'tone' of the present article are quite welcome to 'resurrect' the corpse in its original form. Rcpaterson 03:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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