看同学写的东西,发现好几个 intensive rainfall,想起丘吉尔的话: Why must you write intensive here? Intense is the right word . You should read Fowler's Modern English Usage on the use of the two words. ...
刚买了一本 Van Goghs Women, His Love Affairs and Journey into Madness ( Derek Fell, Robson Books , 2005)想看梵高是怎么疯的(动机有点儿问题啊)。他在给弟弟Theo的一封信里说,将来我的绘画目录应该署我在画布上的签名, Vincent ,而不是 van Gogh ...
以前看 Rudolf Flesch 的 How to write, speak and think more effectively (台湾版中译本译名《英文宝典》),对它引用的一句 Milton 横看竖看都不明白。现在自以为有点儿进步了,于是想起拿它来解析,算温故一下,知新还要靠老师的指引。原文出自 Areopagi ...