1. Get the right “verb”(心中有動詞 挖哈哈哈哈^^)
* The preferred choice is a “SINGLE” verb whenever possible.
Examples:
help out assist
goes up increases
look into investigate
bring up raise
cut down reduce
get rid of eliminate
meet with encounter
2. Avoid idiomatic language
Examples:
A lot of numerous
Sort of quite/somewhat
Nice helpful/positive
Big considerable/major
Things event
Outside external
3. Use “Nominalizations”
Examples:
The chances of disease are much reduced because of….
The reduction in the chances of disease is result of
** The -ion in/of
4. Avoid contractions
Examples:
Won’t will not
Shouldn’t should not
(引述別人的話就無須改變)
5. Use more appropriate formal negative forms
Examples:
Not…any no
Not…much little
Not…many few
6. Limit the use of “run on” expressions such as “and so forth(on)” and “etc”
Examples:
A, B, C,…..or A, B, C , and etc.
A, B, C, and other related .
or such as a, b, and c.
7. Avoid addressing the reader as “you”
* use the passive terms
Examples:
You can apply the same principles in many educational settings.
The same principles can be applied~~~
or use “there are/is assumption(s)
8. Consider carefully the use of “I” and “we”
不代表不能用,只是要小心的用(用於表達自己立場時可以用,但不要一直強調自己看法,不過在argument裡,是可以用的….)
9. Limit the use of direct question
10. Avoid redundancy
11. Avoid the use of the generic “one
”
12. Use non-sexist language
Examples:
Policeman officer
Chairman Chairperson
Spokesman spokesperson
He or she s/he
Or they, their and themselves
Friday, November 10, 2006
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