Tài liệu 15) Avoid qualifiers doc

Avoid qualiers
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Qualiers are words that intentionally weaken the meaning of a sentence.
Although they may give the author a feeling that he is being more honest.
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It’s better to simply say what you believe and let the reader decide if it’s
true.
Delete qualiers
She was quite an ugly woman.
Instead of:
She was an ugly woman.
She was an ugly woman.
Write:
Delete qualiers
It was pretty kind of her to bake a cake for a man who had only two weeks earlier caused her to
loose her job.
Instead of:
It was kind of her to bake a cake for a man who had only two weeks earlier caused her to loose
her job.
It was kind of her to bake a cake for a man who had only two weeks earlier caused her to loose
her job.
Write:
Delete qualiers
Words and phrases like kind of, a little, pretty much, a bit, and quite make
your sentences longer and more complex but they don’t make the
meaning clearer. Delete them .
About author
Hans Anderson
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2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich Programmes, FPT University.
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2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota
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2001: B.A., Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN