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[书评书讯] 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice

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    发表于 2014-9-19 19:33:23 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
    http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497

    The Elements of Style does not deserve the enormous esteem in which it is held by American college graduates. Its advice ranges from limp platitudes to
    inconsistent nonsense. Its enormous influence has not improved American students' grasp of English grammar; it has significantly degraded it.

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    发表于 2014-9-19 20:23:45 | 只看该作者

    精华是最后一句。

    It is much too important to be reduced to a bunch of trivial don't-do-this prescriptions by a pair of idiosyncratic bumblers who can't even tell when they've broken their own misbegotten rules.


    我觉得骂得很有道理。

    The Elements of Style 最大的成功,在于销量。那三大注意八项纪律式的内容,告诉读者不能做什么,prescriptive 风格,挺适合懒人的。

    中国人的话,建议看看这本 http://www.all-terms.com/bbs/for ... thread&tid=8200



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    本帖最后由 eeshu 于 2014-9-19 21:45 编辑
    Oeasy 发表于 2014-9-19 20:23
    精华是最后一句。


    this piece by pullum is outrageously provocative. strunk and white's little book is a bit rigid and mouldy though, it does its job being straightforward and assertive. my motto is, is that always keep everything in moderation. particularly when it comes to writing and grammar, there're no hard-and-fast rules that cannot be broken.