In other words, “Maybe youarea great writer who can perfectly describe a tree in poetic detail. But why are you writing about a stupid tree when your story is about a guy drowning in the ocean?” Make sure to use your skills to write about what matters for your story. Descriptive langu...
After so many white and gray Seattle winter images in a row, campers, I thought everyone might be refreshed by the sight of a little green. As I like to tell the students in my writing classes, hitting the same note over and over again, even in the name of realism, can get a littl...
Well, I did. I said I wouldn't, and I'll stick to it. Honest INJUN, I will. People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum–but that don't make no difference. I ain't a-going to tell, and I ain't a-going back there, anyways. So, now, le's...
1. aliens 2. denizens 3. homophone 4. metonymy 5. acronym 6. semantic loan 7. slang 8. back-formation 9. conversion 10. polysemy 参考答案：《英语词汇学》第一次作业参考答案 1. aliens: Aliens are words borrowed from a foreign language without any change...
Think about how you read published books: if you spot a sentence that does not make sense or an easily-fixable grammatical gaffe, do you find yourself blaming the author or the publishing house? Virtually everyone who notices such things attributes them to the author, alas. Even if you ...
“Science has spoken. There is no ambiguity in their message. Leaders must act. Time is not on our side.” “When your child is sick with a high temperature, you have to take all the medicine” “Synthesis Report gives major push for Paris, mobilise action to 2C pathway” How long do...