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LANGUAGEANDSTYLE
Left-andRight-HandedSentences
TypicalofmanytypesofgoodEnglishisthestrivingtocreatevarietyin
sentencepatterns,theavoidanceofmonotony.Thiscanbeillustratedby
meansoftwoalternativebeginningstoabriefbiographicalentryfor
GeorgeOrwell,containingidenticalinformation:
A.
B.
GeorgeOrwellwasborninBengal,India,onJune25,1903;hewas
thesonofanofficialintheIndiancivilservice.HewenttoEton
andhesubsequentlyjoinedtheBurmesepolice.Hebecamedisillusioned
withhisclassandprofessionandin1927hereturnedtoEurope.There
helivedamongtheunderprivilegedandheadoptedthepseudonymby
whichheisgenerallyknown.HepublishedhisfirstbookDownand
OutinParisandLondonin1933,andhefollowedthisupwithaseries
ofworkswhosehonestywonhimareputationasaleadingspokesman
forsocialism.
BorninBengal,India,onJune25,1903,thesonofanofficialintheIndian
civilservice,GeorgeOrwellwenttoEton,subsequentlyjoiningtheBur-
mesepolice.In1927,disillusionedwithhisclassandprofession,he
returnedtoEurope,choosingtoliveamongtheunderprivilegedand
adoptingthepseudonymbywhichheisgenerallyknown.Publishinghis
firstbookDownandOutinParisandLondonin1933,hefollowedthisup
withaseriesofworkswhosehonestywonhimareputationasaleading
spokesmanforsocialism.
InPassageAvirtuallyeverysentencebeginswiththesubjectofthe
mainverb.Clearly,suchastylecreatestheimpressionofmonotonyand
failstocapturetheattentionofthereader.
InPassageB,bycontrast,ineverysentence(Born...,disillusioned...,
Publishing...)thesubjectisprecededbyaparticipialclause,whileinthe
firsttwosentencesthemainverbisactuallyfollowedbyparticipial
clausesaswell(subsequentlyjoining...,choosingtoliveamongthe
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