Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
George OrwellThere, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man
George OrwellThe opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
George Orwell