Select exactly the right word.

　　Inaccurate: I was disgusted because rain spoiled our picnic.

　　Accurate: I was disappointed because rain spoiled our picnic.

　　Accurate: I was disgusted by the mindless violence in the movie.

　　Do not---we repeat, do not---confuse words because they sound alike or are similar in meaning

　　Wrong word: today’s society has been pilfered with barrage legalized drugs

　　Improved: a barrage of legalized drugs has proliferated in today’s society.

　　Wrong: the Russians have not been sufficiently forthcoming about the treaty.

　　Improved: the Russians have not been sufficiently forthright about the treaty.

　　Use lively, concrete, specific terms.

　　Limp: we got into the car.

　　Improved: all four of us piled into Herman’sHond.

　　Limp:   this dog came up, all excited.

　　Improved: “a dog came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks and leap round us wagging its whole body, wild with lee at finding so many human beings together.” 

　　Move   run  sprint

　　Vehicle  car  sedan  Jaguar

　　Animal  dog  Collie Lassie

　　Dull:Seymourwas up late last night trying to finish typing his term paper.

　　Specific: Seymor sat hunched over his typewriter, pecking away doggedly until three o’clock in the morning, trying to finish his paper on the mating habits of hippopotamuses.

　　Avoid bafflegab

　　Bafflegab: the production of toxic and noxious residue hydrochloric acid obviates its efficacious application since it my prove compatible with metallic permanence.

　　Translation: don’t use hydrochloric acid: it eats hell out of the pipes,

　　Bafflegab; Consumer elements are continuing to stress the fundamental necessity of a stabilization of the price structure at a lower level than exists at the present time.

　　Translation: Consumer keep saying that prices must go down and stay down.

　　Bafflegab: the finance director claimed that substantial economies ere being effected in his division by increasing the time interval between distribution of data-eliciting forms to business entities.

　　Translation: the fiancé director said his division was saving money by sending fewer questionnaires to employers.

　　Avoid doublespeak

　　“protection reaction strike” (meaning bombing)

　　“to terminate with extreme prejudice” (to assassinate)

　　“that statement is inoperative” (it is untrue)

　　Be selective with euphemisms

　　Powder room (women’s toilet)

　　Unmentionables (underwear)

　　Passed away (died)

　　Sanitation engineer (garbage collector)

　Do not compare words that denote absolutes, like unique, omnipotent, infinite.

　　Illogical:Cloviscame up with a very unique design.

　　Improved:Cloviscame up with a unique design.

　　Formal,                informal,              colloquial

　　Automobile           car                      ride

　　Comprehend           understand               dig

　　Depart                 leave                      split

　　Residence              house                      crib

　　Offensive                unpleasant               gross

　　Exhausted              tired out                  wasted

　　Dejected                sad                       down

　　Hyperactive             jittery                     wired

　　Intoxicated               drunk                   sloshed

　　1.      避免重复

　　After the performance, we went to Karl’s house to discuss whether it was an effective performance.

　　After the performance, we went to Karl’s house to discuss whether our production was effective.

　　The length of his hair adds to the wild appearance of his hair.

　　The length of his hair adds to its wild appearance.

　　Walking up to the door, I came upon the skeleton head of a cow placed next to the door.

　　Walking up to the house, I came upon the skeleton head of a cow placed,

　　2.      词汇的准确对应

　　Your first big city is an event that changes you whole outlook if you grew up in a small town.

　　Your first visit to a big city is an experience that changes you whole outlook if you grew up in a small town.

　　The importance of granceful hip movement is essential when doing the Bump.

　　Graceful hip movement is essential when doing the Bump.

　　Smoothness and precision are among the basic problems encountered by beginning dancers.

　　Roughness and imprecision are among the weaknesses of beginning dancers.

　　Possessive

　　3.      Spell out numbers one hundred and under. In general, write numbers over one hundred in figures. Spell out round numbers requiring only a couple of words (two hundred tons, five thousand dollars). If a series of numbers occurs in a passage, and some of them are over hundred, use figures for all of them.

　　4.      Never begin a sentence with a numeral; spell it out or rewrite the sentence.

　　5.      use commas to separate numerals and place names and to set off names of people from titles.

　　A.    Eudora, who was born November 15, 1950, inDenver,Colorado, moved toDallas,Texas, before she was old enough to ski.

　　B.     You may write to Laverne at375 Fairview Avenue,Arlington,TX20036.

　　C.     My friend Laverne lives inArlington,Texas.

　　D.    Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. writes intelligently and persuasively. Or: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., writes intelligently and persuasively.

　　E.     The committee chose Lola Lopez, attorney-at-law, to present their case.

　　Avoid using “any reasonable person would agree that….” “undoubtedly, certainly, any fool can plainly see, even a five-year-old knows’

　　Too big                   better

　　People                   typists

　　Cars                     compact foreign cars

　　Sex                      sex in daytime TV commercials