Very few students want to focus mainly on writing. When he was finished with (the periodical), he got up and went outside. As ESL teachers, we know that ultimately any student's goal is to learn to speak English. Take a look at two examples (EV in parenthesis): Your efforts to avoid repetition are too clumsy and obvious.
In Fowler’s view, and mine, elegant variation is not a good thing.
Fowler, author of the great early twentieth-century book Modern English Usage, coined the term “elegant variation” (which I’ll call EV) to refer a synonym, near synonym, or invented synonym used for the express purpose of avoiding word repetition. At the age of twenty-three, he defeated the Republican incumbent.” 4. If you’ve watched X-Men or Wolverine films, the X-Men animated series, or read X-Men comics, you know of superhero Jean Grey. The result is a slower but much deeper thought process. Highly sensitive people take in every detail and see every connection. “Johnson is the youngest representative in the legislature. Why ‘Highly Sensitive’ Is Just Another Word for ‘Deep Thinker’. When he was twenty-three, Johnson defeated the Republican incumbent.”įor some reason, a lot of people tend to needlessly repeat proper names, forgetting that they have at their disposal the very useful pronouns “he” and “she.” They have the added value of being in the category of common words, mentioned above, that can be repeated with near impunity. I once had a student submit something very close to the following in an assignment: “Johnson is the youngest representative in the legislature. ( Do you underline book titles? Underline them? Put book titles in quotes? Find out here.) 3.
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