【Fundamental Course of Writtng】基础写作每日一讲(（12）Conciseness 笔记
1. Eliminate unnecessary determiners and modifiers删除不必要的限定成分和修饰语
2. Change phrases into single words将短语变成简单词
例子：As you carefully read what you have written to improve your wording and catch small errors of spelling, punctuation, and so on, the thing to do before you do anything else is to try to see where a series of words expressing action could replace the ideas found in nouns rather than verbs.
其中：carefully read what you have written to improve your wording and catch small errors of spelling, punctuation, and so on, = edit
the thing to do before you do anything else =first
原句简化后：As you edit, first find nominalizations that you can replace with verb phrases.
【看完原句的简化后觉得rather than 这个词的意思不是很明确 查了下大韦氏 意思很简单 and not 及要前者不要后者 所以该句意思是 找到一个名词来替换那个动词短语】
3. Change unnecessary that, who, and which clauses into phrases简化不必要的修饰性从句
4. Avoid overusing expletives at the beginning of sentences避免过多的使用强调句
【It be /There be + n. + clause 此类型的句子用时需谨慎 可用来表达某些较强烈的感情 但用多了就显得累赘】
5. Use active rather than passive verbs用主动不用被动
6. Avoid overusing noun forms of verbs避免滥用动名词形式
7. Reword unnecessary infinitive phrases改写不必要的不定式短语
8. Replace circumlocutions with direct expressions将累赘的话变成直接表达
【"These guidelines should be taken as general recommendations, not absolute rules." 这表达的意思就跟我在第四条里说的差不多了】
9. Omit words that explain the obvious or provide excessive detail省略表达显而易见的意思及多余的细节的词
10. Omit repetitive wording省略重复的措辞
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发表于 2009-11-16 13:07:37
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