The Issue of World Manipulation to Change Opinions

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The issue of word manipulation has always been around since the dawn of spoken language. It is caused by there being more than one word to pick from to describe one thing or situation. Some people have been interested in this topic because there are always new developments in the linguistics of common and uncommon tongue. Mostly scholars and public speakers are the ones who study how selective word choice can influence and change opinions on subjects because it can help them to obtain the reaction they are working towards in their speech or paper.
One side that people may take is that controlling the word flow and decisively choosing words is a good thing and that it can separate different situations and atmospheres into the right place and time. Another could be that there shouldn’t be a wide variety of words so that everyone can have the same vocabulary and no one can get the wrong information or mental image about something. The last view is that there should be some change in vocabulary between certain situations but that there is too much freedom given to us by the words we ha...

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