| @ 기본원리: this, these, that, some 등을 뒤에 명사를 동반하지 않은 채 단독으로 사용하지 마라.
BAD: Lyn asked Max to turn the garbage can upside down.
*This* proved to be ill-advised.
이 문장은 다음 세 가지 뜻으로 해석될 수 있다.
GOOD: This intrusion on Max's privacy proved to be ill-advised.
GOOD: Making this request proved to be ill-advised.
GOOD: This maneuver proved to be ill-advised.
@ 기본원리: 모호하게 some, this 등을 쓰지 말고 정확한 명사를 써라.
UGLY: *This* does not grow in the garden.
이 문장에서 This는 모호하다. 아래와 같이 써라.
GOOD: Certain trees do not grow in the garden.
SPLENDID: Decision trees do not grow in the garden.
@ 기본원리: 'this means that'을 쓰지 마라.
대부분의 경우 'thus'로 쓰거나, 또는 좀더 분명한 문장을 써라.
UGLY: All the stuff that you need is given in just 100 pages; this means that you can learn to program in 1 week.
GOOD: All the information that you need is given in just 100 pages; *thus*, with almost no pain, you can learn to program in 1 week.
UGLY: The simple relation between F(z) and A(z) is due primarily to C. Jordon; this means that C. Jordon is the person who wrote about the relation first.
GOOD: The complex relation between Jim and Lauralee is
the result of two highly complex, interesting, and creative personalities; *this assertion implies that* Lyn likes both Jim and Lauralee. |
