Contents

Part 1
 
 The Lord's Prayer (Bureaucratic Language Version) -- Anonymous

The 23rd Psalm (Bureaucratic Language Version) -- Anonymous

Three Possible Attitudes, Regarding Goals, Completing Tasks & Assignments

On Orwell, Elephants, ROVP, and Schoendienst Curve Corollary

Matching the Word to the Action: Sentences that Mimic a Dying Soldier

Professor Francis X. Pert on Proper English

Common Sense: All Events Aren't Equal
 

Part 2

Study Guide to "Shooting an Elephant"

Study Guide for "Doublespeak"

Study Guide for "Strange Case of the English Language"

Words that Sound Pretty, Harsh, New, or Silly

"Mind Your Language" -- Alan Brien (Punch 23 June 1976)

Study Guide to "Politics and the English Language"
 
 

Part 3

Grammar-Checker and "Shooting an Elephant"

The Most Important Day -- Helen Keller

What is Love? -- Helen Keller
 

Part 4
 

The Cliché Expert Reveals Himself in His True Colors -- Frank Sullivan

Swan Song -- a Jacksonville sports columnist

"Clever" 1930's-Style Newspaper Metaphors

Change Weak Linking Verbs to Strong Action Verbs

Hard Work, but Someone has to Do It: When Sports Writers Shudder
 

Part 5
 

Carols Aren't Helping Kids to Play with Words Anymore

$100 Words Often Fall Flat

What Did You Say? What Did You MEAN to Say?

The Unknown Citizen -- W. H. Auden

Chicago -- Carl Sandburg