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Old May 25th, 2012, 11:18 pm
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Default Politics and the English Language

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George Orwell: Politics and the English Language

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Another example is the hammer and the anvil, now always used with the implication that the anvil gets the worst of it.
in this sentence, what is the traditional meaning of the hammer and the anvil? I could not find it in dictionaries. I do not understand what Orwell means.

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The range of verbs is further cut down by means of the -ize and de- formations
in the essay, Orwell uses by means of several times, but can't it be replaced by by simply? May I know what you think?
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