英语写作指南（A guide to English Writing）.docVIP

英语写作指南（A guide to English Writing） The ultimate guide to English Writing: simplicity is king! Bilingual What, is, good, writing? What kind of article is a good article? It depends on what country you re from. We all know what s considered good writing in our own country. We grow up immersed in the cadences and sentence structure of the language we were born into, so we think, That s probably what every country considers good writing they just use different words.; If only I once asked a student! From Cairo, What kind of language is Arabic? She said, It s all adjectives It depends on where you come from. We all know what good articles are like in our own country. We have known since the childhood, our mother tongue intonation and sentence structure, so we believe that the so-called good articles in other countries should also be the case, but use different words. If only that would be fine! I once asked a student from Cairo: what language is Arabic? She replied, they are adjectives.. Well, of course it s not all adjectives , but I knew what she meant: it s Decorative it, s ornate, it s intentionally pleasing. But all those adjectives and all that decoration would be the ruin of any journalist trying to write good English. No proverbs, please. Of course, its not all adjectives, I knew what she meant: it is a pleasure to read the language and focus on carving. But too many adjectives and too many decorations are not conducive to English news writing. Never use so many proverbs. Spanish, also, comes, with, a, load, of, beautiful, baggage, that, will, heavy, smother, any,, journalist, writing, in, English. The same goes for Spanish. There are too many modifiers that are not good for English writing. English is not as musical as Spanish, or Italian, or French, or as ornamental as Arabic, or as vibrant as some of your native languages. But I m hopelessly in love with English because it s plain and it s strong. It has a huge vocabulary of words that have precise shades of