@HeerJeet @mattyglesias it's actually a substantive rather than linguistic point that Orwell's making (essay is "Politics and..." after all)
@mattyglesias Pinker is good on this point in The Language Instinct -- the correct grammar mavens often are just factually wrong.
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@HeerJeet@mattyglesias the passive voice in political writing is used to conceal who is saying "it is said, he is regarded, it is believed"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@mattyglesias and to conceal who is doing what to who "the kulaks were liquidated, the money supply increased"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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