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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