In Today Society, We See Numerous Occasions Of People Using The English Language

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Term Paper Title	In Today Society, We See Numerous Occasions Of People Using The English Language
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In today' society, we see numerous occasions of people using the English language incorrectly. A good example of this is shown in E.E. Cummings poem "next to of course god america i." Using English incorrectly may be, at the very least, ugly, in the Orwellian sense, but the problems brought on by incorrect use of English may go deeper than beauty. Thus, I agree with George Orwell's 1946 essay, "Politics and the English language," in which he says, "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." I believe the English language is in decline today, especially for two reasons: Politics and the Internet.
     E.E. Cummings' poem breaks certain "rules of the English language" as defined in George Orwell's essay and uses English in an improper way. Even though. E.E. Cummings broke certain rules, he is seen as a great writer. He broke the rules of English and good composition. He did this on purpose to convey a message that is similar to Orwell's: language can hide the message or the truth as well as convey it. Some of Orwell's rules that Cummings broke are the following: Never use a dying metaphor, simile, or common speech; try to cut out words that are unnecessary; replace big words with small words, if possible; and avoid using scientific, foreign, or jargon words in writing. The rules stated by Orwell are guidelines, which, if observed, help with stating truths and doing so in an artful or beautiful manner thus creating good literature and conveying correct information.
     Readers of the E.E. Cummings' poem quickly recognize the numerous, “unnecessary” uses of common speech and lyrics. This breaks the first rule of George Orwell's essay. But Cummings abuses this rule to create and emphasize a statement about America, heroes and liberty. He uses poetic license, fracturing English, to do so. These phrases include "next to," "of course" "and so forth," and "come and go." Cummings makes new metaphors out of dying metaphors. He thus avoids stale metaphors and speaks of "happy dead" and "rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter." The reader has trouble making out what the poem means or describes, but eventually the reader finds that the entire poem is a melting pot of speech and phrases (lyrics) from America's English usage.
     In contrast with E.E. Cummings' successful use of improper English in poetry, we have two examples today of improper use which will not serve communication well in the long run. I refer first, to the "parsing" of words by Preside...

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