O*******d
发帖数: 20343 | 1 大家在这里就不要抠艰涩英语了。
WASHINGTON – The federal government is rolling out a new official language
of sorts: plain English. That's right: Pursuant to regulations promulgated
thereunder and commencing in accordance with a statute signed herein by
President Barack Obama, the government shall be precluded from writing
the pompous gibberish heretofore evidenced, to the extent practicable.
That sentence contains 11 new language no-nos.
Obama signed the Plain Writing Act last fall after decades of effort by a
cadre of passionate grammarians in the civil service to jettison the jargon.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_re_us/us_no_more_gobb |
H****S
发帖数: 207 | 2 政府公文有没有fine print？
language
jargon.
【在 O*******d 的大作中提到】
: 大家在这里就不要抠艰涩英语了。
: WASHINGTON – The federal government is rolling out a new official language
: of sorts: plain English. That's right: Pursuant to regulations promulgated
: thereunder and commencing in accordance with a statute signed herein by
: President Barack Obama, the government shall be precluded from writing
: the pompous gibberish heretofore evidenced, to the extent practicable.
: That sentence contains 11 new language no-nos.
: Obama signed the Plain Writing Act last fall after decades of effort by a
: cadre of passionate grammarians in the civil service to jettison the jargon.
: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_re_us/us_no_more_gobb
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t*****n
发帖数: 225 | 3 is this article itself using plain English?
"Pursuant to regulations promulgated thereunder"
"cadre of passionate grammarians"
"jettison the jargon" |
w****e
发帖数: 776 | 4 yes, these are plain english....
【在 t*****n 的大作中提到】
: is this article itself using plain English?
: "Pursuant to regulations promulgated thereunder"
: "cadre of passionate grammarians"
: "jettison the jargon"
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c*******7
发帖数: 2329 | 5 GOSH......
I cannot read plain english :(
【在 w****e 的大作中提到】
: yes, these are plain english....
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