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Are Copywriters Partly to Blame for Shrinking Vocabulary?

“Instead of stretching minds, worlds - including the world of words - are being shrunk to fit them.”
So writes Lynsey Hanley in the Guardian.
Lynsey’s article discusses society’s growing inarticulacy, and the way in which our education system is designed to suit capabilities rather than challenge them.
This got me thinking because copywriters are taught to use [...]