书籍介绍
本书介绍了英文写作中的诸多问题。如：惯用法的基本原则、常误用的词与词组、写作的基本原则、文体初探等。
AI导读
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
适合谁读
- 需要提升英文写作能力的学习者
- 追求文字简洁清晰的中文写作者
- 备考英语写作或从事翻译工作者
读前提醒
- 部分语法观点存在争议，需辩证看待
- 重点阅读核心原则，不必死记硬背
- 结合具体写作实践反复揣摩运用
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
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
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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