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Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.
Silly words and expressions have often disappeared, not through any evolutionary process but owing to the conscious action of a minority. Two recent examples were explore every avenue and leave no stone unturned, which were killed by the jeers of a few journalists.
Which type of evidence is used in this excerpt?
examples
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Silly words and expressions have often disappeared, not through any evolutionary process but owing to the conscious action of a minority. Two recent examples were explore every avenue and leave no stone unturned, which were killed by the jeers of a few journalists.
Which type of evidence is used in this excerpt?
examples
quotations
hypotheticals
statistics
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The type of evidence used in the excerpt is examples. George Orwell provides specific phrases "explore every avenue" and "leave no stone unturned" as instances of silly words and expressions that have disappeared due to the action of a minority, illustrating his point.
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