When I was younger I'd have said that how you write and what you say were as independent as shape and color. But that's not true.
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I can imitate Gibbon's style of writing, but if I do it makes me say different things.
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And if different writing styles make you say different things, that raises interesting questions.
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Are there styles that make you smarter, or more honest? Because if so you should consciously seek them out.
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George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" examines (very cogently & elegantly) the moral consequences of style in writing.
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