DOUBLE NEGATIVE（第1页）

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DOUBLEIVE

ItmustberememberedthattwoheEnglishlaroyeachotheratoanaffirmative.Thus"Idon'tknownothingaboutit"isiovey，thatIamignoraerundersideration，butitdefeatsitsownpurpose，inasmuchastheuseofnothiIkhingaboutit.Thesentenceshouldread—"Idon'tknowanythingaboutit."

Oftenwehearsuchexpressionsas"Hewasogivenoopinion，&qutheveryoppositeofwhatisihissentehewasaskedtogivehisopinion.Thedoubleherefore，shouldbecarefullyavoided，foritisinsidiousandisliabletoslipierremainunsciousofitspreseheeyeofthecriticdetectsit.

FIRSTPERSONALPRONOUN

&hefirstpersonalpronounshouldbeavoidedasmuchaspossibleinposition.Don'tibyologyandneverusesuchexpressionsas"Inmyopinion，""AsfarasIsee，""Itappearstome，""Ibelieve，"etwhatyouwrite，thewholepositionisexpressiveofyourviews，sinceyouaretheauthor，therefore，thereisyforyoutoatuateoremphasizeyourselfatportionsofit.

&hebigI'ssavotism!Steerasfarasyou.Theohefirstpersonispermissibleisinpassageswhereyaviewthatisnotgenerallyheldandwhichislikelytomeetwithopposition.

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