I read The Economist Magazine to get a more balanced view of what is happening around the globe. But they publish more than politics. On the first page of their stylebook they recommend that writers follow the six rules George Orwell set out in his 1946 essay, "Politics and the English Language." Here they are:

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

Well, I, for one, have abused all of these "nevers" but over time I will learn....