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 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 "Shooting an Elephant"
 
 

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

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