Original sentence: Expressed simply, and thus inadequately, the essence of general semantics is the idea that the structure of language distorts our perception of reality, a failing that could be remedied by insight into that process and also by the creation of language that is structured in the same way reality is.One novel idea from General Semantics concerns the role of magic in popular culture, especially notable in the use of incantations as political and advertising slogans
Edited sentence: Expressed simply, and thus inadequately, the essence of general semantics is the insight that the structure of language distorts our perception of reality, a failing that could be remedied by insight into that process and also by the creation of language that is structured in the same way reality is.One discovery of General Semantics was of the role of magic in popular culture, especially notable in the use of incantations as political and advertising slogans