Tài liệu 15) Avoid qualifiers doc

Avoid qualiers  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.  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  2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich Programmes, FPT University.  2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota  2001: B.A., Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN . Avoid qualiers  Qualiers are words that intentionally weaken the meaning