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Unit Six. Double Check for Faulty Comparisons and Omissions 再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏. Sentence that contain comparisons that are illogical and incomplete create further ambiguity in technical writing. Editor must also recognize words that have been carelessly omitted. Example.
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Unit Six Double Check for Faulty Comparisons and Omissions 再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏
Sentence that contain comparisons that are illogical and incomplete create further ambiguity in technical writing. • Editor must also recognize words that have been carelessly omitted.
Example • (Original) The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently. • In the sentence, The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently thanwhat? • (Revised) The novel algorithm calculates the variables more efficiently than conventional ones.
Example • (Original) The students respect the teacher more than the graduate student. • Depending the author’s intended meaning, the revised sentence should read as • (Revised) The students respect the teacher more than they respect the graduate student. • (Revised) The students prefer the teacher more than the graduate student does.
Example • (Original) The new rules are as stringent, if not more stringent than, the old ones. • (Revised) The new rules are as stringent as, if not more stringent than, the old ones.