tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post7977750384702699364..comments2024-03-27T09:23:57.618+00:00Comments on JIPLP: Is there really more to say? Five more tips for IP writersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-59013688813824170002010-02-26T13:12:36.536+00:002010-02-26T13:12:36.536+00:00Exquisitely written - and there is surely a fine a...Exquisitely written - and there is surely a fine and subtle irony in encouraging the reader to write simply while employing the word "axolotl" to do so!Nia Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-24576983318735735892010-02-26T13:05:44.397+00:002010-02-26T13:05:44.397+00:00This is great advice, Jeremy.
I have always tried...This is great advice, Jeremy.<br /><br />I have always tried to follow George Orwell's five rules, namely:<br />1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.<br />2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.<br />3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.<br />4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.<br />5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.<br />6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.<br /><br />One of the interesting things about Newspeak, Orwell's language of totalitarianism, is that it is designed to break all five.David Muskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412529027408896735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-27087905782202735572010-02-26T11:32:47.357+00:002010-02-26T11:32:47.357+00:00Mmm..., it appears that I've "done" ...Mmm..., it appears that I've "done" a fair percentage of the "dont's" - thank you for the 'heads up'. Still, I'm not sure you are right about the masterlinks. I'm always instructed to provide the full link in community courts cases, rather than simply referring to the curia website..Nikos Prentoulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12765171039389801999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-85425607351913975562010-02-26T08:02:45.388+00:002010-02-26T08:02:45.388+00:00I have a horrible feeling that Mrs Palin might be ...I have a horrible feeling that Mrs Palin might be even better known in 2029 than in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com