hi,
George Orwell: Politics and the English Language Quote:
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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.
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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
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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?