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Which best describes George Orwell’s purpose and the way he achieves it in this excerpt? To begin with, it has nothing to do with archaism, with the salvaging of obsolete

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To begin with, it has nothing to do with archaism, with the salvaging of obsolete words and turns of speech, or with the setting-up of a "standard-English" which must never be departed from. On the contrary, it is especially concerned with the scrapping of every word or idiom which has outworn its usefulness. It has nothing to do with correct grammar and syntax, which are of no importance so long as one makes one's meaning clear, or with the avoidance of Americanisms, or with having what is called a "good prose style." On the other hand it is not concerned with fake simplicity and the attempt to make written English colloquial.

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Orwell's purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases.

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From Orwell's point of view, he believed that difficulty in understanding and decoding political writing is actually dangerous. He advocates that political writing should be very clear and simple in order for people to understand. Therefore, Orwell discourages the use of worn-out words and phrases which are archaic.

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