书籍介绍
这不是一本教你语法对错的工具书，而是一套近乎苛刻的写作伦理。它反复叮嘱你：删掉多余的词，把话说得明确、具体、有力，不要卖弄，不要解释太多，也不要妄加评论。书里那些命令式的箴言——主动语态、正面措辞、少用修饰语——读起来像戒律，甚至让人本能地想要反驳。但真正打动人的，是那句“写作是一种信念，而非语法把戏”：你写作的样子，最终就是你这个人的样子。它把文风从技巧层面拉回到人格层面，逼你诚实地面对自己。因此它适合那些厌倦了“写长法”、渴望文字干净有力的人，也适合愿意反复咀嚼、在实践中不断删改的写作者。它不提供灵感，只要求你诚实。
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核心看点
- 倡导简洁有力，摒弃冗余修饰
- 提供英文写作基础规则与惯用法
- 强调真诚表达，反对刻意卖弄
读者共识
- 经典实用，被誉为写作圣经
- 译文质量高，还原了原著神韵
- 启发极大，有助于纠正写作毛病
精彩摘录
- "规则十四：使用主动语态：使得文章显得生动有力。 eg.There were a great number of dead lives lying on the ground 应为：Dead leaves covered the ground. 规则十五：话要从正面说，避免使用沉闷单调，吞吞吐吐，含糊暧昧的语言。 例如：他认为学习拉丁语不是一种明智的利用时间的方法。 应为：他认为学习拉丁语浪费时间。 规则十六：使用肯定、明确、具体的词语 说话务必明确、肯定、具体，切忌笼统、含糊、抽象。 例如：一段不佳的天气开始了。 应为：一星期来天天下雨。 例如：他获得应有的报酬之后很满意。 应为：他一面把钱装"
- "Careful writers, watchful for small conveniences, go which-hunting, remove the defining whiches, and by so doing improve their work."
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth "
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth "
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
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