> Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. That's what langu

> Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. That's what language is. That's how language works. I love Orwell, but he was flat wrong in that essay. He was playing at being a linguist and showing his ignorance.