Writing a Brief the George Orwell Way

Abstract:     
This pieces applies Orwell's rules for writing to appellate briefs:

1. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
2. If it is possible to cut the word out, always cut it out.
3. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
4. Never use a foreign word, scientific word, or jargon word when you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
5. Never use a metaphor, simile, or figure of speech that you are used to seeing in print.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

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