Vocabulary:
1.We voted heavily against “cohort同伙,共犯” as a synonym for “colleague,” except when the tone was jocular幽默的,诙谐的.
His cohorts are arrested soon.
2.colloquialisms口语,俗语like “the bottom line” and strays like “into” (“He’s into backgammon and she’s into jogging”).
3.it satisfies your readers’ subconscious need for order and reassures them that all is well at the helm掌舵,掌握之中.
Elon Musk is at the helm of SpaceX and Tesla.
Reflection:
1. “One helpful approach is to try to separate usage from jargon.”
之前读第一章时群里有小伙伴(Regina Adelaide)提到了critical thinking中对专业用语(不可以有judgement, caregiver等)的思考,没想到这里作者也明确提了出来。
2. “Good usage, to me, consists of using good words if they already exist—as they almost always do—to express myself clearly and simply to someone else. ”
恰恰也是我认为的最好的文字,明晰而简洁。
3. Unity of pronoun or tense or mood. Unity is the anchor of good writing.