Comment by sltkr

Orwell's entire essay (Politics and the English Language) is well worth reading if you haven't before:

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

(I'm guessing Zinsser's comments are from "On Writing Well", which you can also find online even though it is still under copyright.)

It's a bit of a pet peeve when people include quotes on a blog post without linking or otherwise references their source.