Author(s): ZHANG Weiyou
Pages: 33-35
Year: 1988 Issue:  Z1
Journal: Foreign Languages and Their Teaching
Keyword:  介词短语; 写作标准; 句子意义; 写作实践; 简单句; 写文章; 同义重复; 复句; 多余的; 词组;
Abstract: <正> 请先比较两个句子:1)After he had finished hisspeech,the president boardeda plane headed for SanFrancisco.2)After his speech,the presi-dent flew to San Francisco.两句意思相同,但句1)用了15个词,而句2)只用9个;前者是主从复句,后者是含介词短语的简单句。按照删繁就简的写作标准,句2)远比句1)好。句1)的毛病在于罗嗦(wordiness),它是写文章的大弊,人人皆知。然而,在写作实践