Conclusion

But there is good news: the humble scribe has never been more important. Those of us who know the language well in all its aspects are far more necessary in this global village than we ever were before. The task of communicating plainly and clearly is has never been more difficult, and the penalty for failure has never been greater.

Never, to quote Churchill once again, in the history of human communications, have so many owed so much to so few.

Endnotes

(1) Strunk, William, and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, NY: Macmillan, 1959, chapter heading.
(2) Orwell, George, "Politics and the English Language," Inside the Whale and Other Essays, Harnondworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1957.
(3) “How to Sing the Blues,” attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky. Provenance otherwise unknown.
(4) Burgess, Anthony, A Clockwork Orange, Cutchogue, NY : Buccaneer Books, c1962.
(5) "China Says Taiwan President a Rat Hated by All," Reuters, 4:09 am ET, August 22, 1999.

Bibliography

Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. Cutchogue, NY : Buccaneer Books, c1962.

Grey, Memphis Earlene, with help from Uncle Plunky. "How to Sing the Blues." n.d.

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Inside the Whale and Other Essays, Harnondworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1957.

Reuters, "China Says Taiwan President a Rat Hated by All," 4:09 am ET, August 22, 1999.

Strunk, William, Jr., and E.B. White. The Elements of Style, NY: Macmillan, 1959. Fourth edition Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

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