Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. Phrases like a not unjustifiable assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of aspirins always at one’s elbow.
Orwell lists several familiar phrases, such as “leaves much to be desired” and “would serve no good purpose,” to illustrate the kind of debased language he is discussing. These phrases are examples, not statistics, quotations from another source, or hypothetical situations. The correct choice is “examples.”
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