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The blight of officialese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Roger Elliott
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Extract

The language of bureaucracy often intimidates, and is particularly intimidating for such people as immigrants in Britain and ordinary people in countries where English is the first language of officialdom.

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Special Features
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English Today , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 19 - 21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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