何者可以改變，何者不能改變
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Wednesday, 28 March 07 - 02:19 AM (GMT +08:00) By JH Alchemie in General |
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美國當代宗教哲學家雷茵霍．尼布爾(Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971)的祈禱詞說：「主啊，應許我，有平靜的心接受那些我無法改變的事情，有勇氣改變那些我可以改變的事情，並給我智慧可以明白（何者可以改變，何者不能改變）兩者之間的差別。」.
12 Writing Tips from George Orwell
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Monday, 12 March 07 - 04:18 PM (GMT +08:00) By JH Alchemie in General |
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英文寫作的12問, 中文寫作是否也管用?
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:
- What am I trying to say?
- What words will express it?
- What image or idiom will make it clearer?
- Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
And he will probably ask himself two more:
- Could I put it more shortly?
- Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?
One can often be in doubt about the effect of a word or a phrase, and one needs rules that one can rely on when instinct fails. I think the following rules will cover most cases:
- Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.
- If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
- Never use the passive where you can use the active.
- Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
- Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
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