Ways To Get Rid Of Words

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The study of Newspeak is very interesting, and it has it’s benefits and drawbacks. Getting rid of words from our human vocabulary can be helpful in that it makes speaking more efficient, easier to learn and to converse with, and removes bad words that are not okay in our society. But getting rid of excess words can also be a setback if it takes away words that help us describe stuff better and more vividly,
If we were to start taking away unnecessary words from our vocabulary, that would be good because that means we would be taking away words that we do not crucially need. This would benefit society because it would give us a shorter list of words to use when describe things and talk to people without sacrificing words that we use consistently.

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