不要重复句子主语的名词。
在写有关足球(或领导才能)的文章里,不要反复使用”soccer” (或 “leadership”) 一词。名词的重复其效果和上面提到的“I”的重复一样使人觉得你的语言肤浅。用可替代的词组代替主语名词。例如,你可用一些意义模糊的同义词(如“the sport “,”the game “)或具体的短语(如”going to practice”, “completing a pass”)来替代”soccer”。在写”leadership”(”领导才能“。时,可用”setting an example”或“coordinating a group effort” 等短语替代。
补充:删除多余的词 (51edit.com 网站提供)下面的单词和词组通常可以从文章中删除而不失去任何意思。多余的词使文章失去活力,因为它们使语言复杂化而空洞(在某些领域也称为“废话”,这是该词的一个语气更强的变体词)。以下的短语的确使句子显得臃肿,因为它们要求使用被动语态,即”to be + 动词的过去分词形式“。I believe that, I feel that, I hope that, I think that, I realized that, I learned that, in other words, in order to, in fact, it is essential that, it is important to see that, the reason why, the thing that is most important is, this is important because, this means that, the point is that, really, very, somewhat, absolutely, definitely, surely, truly, probably, practically, hopefully, in conclusion, in summary.在看看“X 和Y”这两个赘词,尽管其意义十分细微。下面列出的只是许许多多例子中的几个。每一对中两个词的意思几乎相同,因此,为何两个词都要写上?这些赘词告诉读者,作者并没考虑他在说什么。陈词滥调、老一套的词一多,你的文章听起来就与所有其他文章差不多。不要依赖这些有害无益的重叠词组,而应想一想更加确切的词汇,因为这些词汇能真正明确说明你独特的经历。Hard work and effort, teamwork and cooperation, dreams and aspirations, personal growth and development, determination and diligence, challenges and difficulties, objectives and goals, worries and concerns, love and caring.
三、动词
写文章时,记得把注意力放在动词上,尽量少用形容词。让句子堆满形容词和副词和增加细节或色彩并非一回事。形容词和副词只增加无力的描写,但是动词增加了有力的行动。