4. 把句子中一系列的項目作邏輯性的排列。例如:

(7) Tony ate his dinner, watched TV, and then went to bed.

(8) Were you bored with years of study in elementary school, high school and institute of higher education?

5. 必要時,重復(fù)重要的語詞或概念。 例如:

(9) Jackie enjoys the company of ladies. He likes their beauty, he likes their delicacy, he likes their vivacity, and he likes their silence.

(10) ...the land stretched out without names. Nameless headlands split the surf; nameless lakes reflected the nameless mountains and nameless rivers flowed through nameless valleys and nameless bays.

6. 盡量用主動說態(tài),因此(11b)比(11a)好:

(11a) A pedestrian was struck on the head by a flying stone.

(11b) A flying stone struck a pedestrian on the head.

7. 適當時候,可用倒裝句和平行句,如:

(12) Seven dwarfs lived here in the center of the dark forest. →

Here, in the center of the dark forest lived seven dwarfs.

(13) Severity breeds fear; roughness breeds hatred.

(14) Honesty recommends that I speak; self-interest demands that I remain silent.