Orwell Journal 7

In this essay, Orwell suggests that the English language is on the decline because the people who use English are misusing the language. What sort of things does he mention as proof that the English language is in trouble?
The writer might have meaning but they cant express it or they are thinking of one topic and switch to another. He says that our thoughts are foolish therefore our thoughts with writing are foolish. He says that two expamles of bad writing are that imagery has gotten stale, and lack of precision.
Orwell wrote this essay almost 60 years ago. Do you think the English language is in a better or worse condition than when Orwell wrote his essay? I think it is worse, children are learning poor English and it will most likely carry over into their writing, and that will lead to bad writing when they are older. It can be fixed but it would take a while. Can you think of modern examples of how people misuse language? Like if someone is speaking about their broken phone. I have heard college students say “ My phone is broke.” This gets to me I always feel the need to correct them.
What do you think of Orwell’s list of rules to improve your writing? It seems like helpful advice but it just goes against everything we have been taught since we were little and learned to write.
Orwell wrote the following in the provided excerpt:

Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one's meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations. Afterward one can choose -- not simply accept -- the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one's words are likely to make on another person.

What do you think he means when he suggests that one should focus on “pictures and sensations” before one sits down to put words on the page? Have you ever done this? Does it help you write better? One should know what they want to write about and have an idea in their head so they are not jumping all over the place in the writing. Yes I have and it does help a lot.