中式英语之鉴 mobi+azw3+epub

To the Reader
Unnecessary Words
Unnecessary Nouns and Verbs
Nouns
Verbs
A warning about revision
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Unnecessary Modifiers
Redundant modifiers
Self-evident modifiers
Intensifiers
Qualifiers
Clichés
The importance of judgment
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Redundant Twins
Recognizing redundancies
Eliminating redundancies
Categories of redundant twins
Proliferation of redundancies
Again, the need for judgment
Redundant twins in native English
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Saying the Same Thing Twice
Forms of repetition in Chinglish
Dealing with repetition in translations
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Repeated References to the Same Thing
Repeated references that can be dispensed with
Repeated references that need to be retained
Ways of shortening repeated references
Another reason for avoiding exact repetition
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Summing it All Up
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty more exercises
Sentence Structure
The Noun Plague
Perils of using abstract nouns
Sentences based on abstract nouns
Combating the plague
A special form of the plague
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Pronouns and Antecedents
Correct use of pronouns
When antecedents are not explicitly stated
When antecedents are ambiguous
When antecedents are too remote
When pronouns do not agree with their antecedents
Mistakes made by native speakers of English
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
The Placement of Phrases and Clauses
Correct word order for logic
Word order for proper emphasis
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Dangling Modifiers
Dangling participles
Dangling gerunds
Dangling infinitives
Prepositional phrases (not based on verb forms)
Individual adjectives
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Parallel Structure
Difficulties in using parallel structure
Elements linked by coordinating conjunctions
Elements linked by correlative conjunctions
Items in a list or a series of headings
Elements linked in comparisons
Further refinements
Misleading parallel structure
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Logical Connectives
Examples of logical connectives
Types of logical connectives
Examples of missing links
Dubious logical connectives
Wrong logical connectives
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty exercises
Summing it All Up
Twenty more examples of revision
Twenty more exercises
Supplementary Examples
Key to Exercises
Selected Bibliography