Budget your time for both drafting and revision so that you spend most of it on beginnings: the introduction to the whole, then the introductions to major sections, then introductions to subsections, and long paragraphs, then the beginnings of sentences. Get beginnings straight and the rest is likely to take care of itself. (查看原文)
So much of what we called elegant writing depends finally on the subjects matters, the quality of thinking, the elevation of sentiments Maybe the only way to approach elegances is to read enough writing to get a sense of it in your nerves and bones。
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本人MTI专业研一学生，开学初笔译课老师推荐了好几本讲简明英语写作的书，当时很是困惑，读罢此书豁然开朗，对翻译也大有启发，聊以记之—— 翻译也该“以人为本” ——阅读Style--Lessons in Clarity and Grace有感 细细读完整本书，作者开始讲到如何写得简洁易懂，再讲到如何...
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1. Don’t begin sentences with and or but. If you want to begin a sentence with a clause expressing familiar information about causation, introduce the clause with since, because since implies that the reader already knows what is in the clause: 2. Use the ...
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1. Open your sentence with short, concrete subjects that name the characters in your story. 展开句子，以具象的短主语，点明你的叙述对象。 2. Use specific verbs to name their important actions. 用明确的动词，点明重要的动作。 3. Get to main verbs quickly: 尽快...
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北京大学出版社2020版
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Longman2010版
3 有用 fateface 2012-12-21 09:33:07
英语写作的宝典啊。在我看来，比the elements of style要好多了。
0 有用 Manchild 2015-03-07 06:05:47
不能说过时，但也没必要成为必读。
0 有用 Introspection 2014-04-25 09:31:23
好难难难 好多专业术语都没见过
0 有用 常务副momo 2020-08-21 11:51:04
个人感觉比某本爆款要更有帮助。内容全面翔实，建议实用，可操作性极强。大量的实例帮助读者内化语法规则，对语气、节奏、引申义、stress的讨论更是难能可贵。此书最大的用处是指导文章的修改而非写出好文章。
0 有用 椰子树 2021-08-08 09:38:44
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0 有用 椰子树 2021-08-08 09:38:44
e-pdf
0 有用 常务副momo 2020-08-21 11:51:04
个人感觉比某本爆款要更有帮助。内容全面翔实，建议实用，可操作性极强。大量的实例帮助读者内化语法规则，对语气、节奏、引申义、stress的讨论更是难能可贵。此书最大的用处是指导文章的修改而非写出好文章。
0 有用 知々行 2020-04-07 10:06:57
这本书应该是讲写作最好的书，需要很好的基础，后面讲优雅的部分，并没有看懂。。
0 有用 咪two 2015-12-15 08:56:38
需无限重读。
0 有用 Manchild 2015-03-07 06:05:47
不能说过时，但也没必要成为必读。