留学作业写作为何要用肯定句表否定

　　留学生在完成论文作业的时候想要别出心裁把自己的观点说得更明确会用一些别样的方法，但是如果运用的不够好往往都会适得其反。在英文写作要尽量避免平淡乏味、犹豫不决、态度不明朗的表达，要肯定、确定、坚定，所以如果大家想在<a href="http://ww******/news_show.php?id=508">留学作业写作</a>中把观点表达说得更明确一些，HotEssay小编提醒大家，尽量用肯定句式，本文中我们通过一些实际对比来看下两者的效果。

　　看看下面这些词，形成了鲜明的对比：

　　He was not very often on time.

　　不如写成

　　He usually came late.

　　She did not think that studying Latin was a sensible way to use one's time.

　　不如写成

　　She thought the study of Latin a waste of time.

　　英文中如果用了否定词not，在一定程度上会削弱表达的力度，因为读者一般喜欢直接获取明确的信息。

　　Consciously or unconsciously,the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not;the reader wishes to be told what is.

　　所以尽量用肯定的形式表达否定的意思。

　　Hence,as a rule,it is better to express even a negative in positive form.

　　比如：

　　not honest

　　不如写成

　　dishonest

　　not important

　　不如写成

　　trifling

　　did not remember

　　不如写成

　　forgot

　　did not pay any attention to

　　不如写成

　　ignored

　　did not have much confidence in

　　不如写成

　　distrusted

　　先否定，再肯定，效果更加不错。

　　Placing negative and positive in opposition makes for a stronger structure

　　比如：

　　Not charity,but simple justice.

　　Not that I loved Caesar less,but that I loved Rome more.

　　Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

　　如果要用否定句式的话，考虑一下除了not是否还有更好的词

　　Negative words other than not are usually strong.

　　比如never:

　　Her loveliness I never knew/Until she smiled on me.

　　would,should（可以表示可能的意思*）,could,may,might,and can这些助动词会增加表达的不确定性，除非确实要表达不确定性，否则尽量少用。（*You use should when you are saying that something is probably the case or will probably happen in the way you are describing.（柯林斯英汉双解大词典））

　　比如：

　　If you would let us know the time of your arrival,we would be happy to arrange your transportation from the airport.

　　不如写成

　　If you will let us know the time of your arrival,we shall be happy to arrange your transportation from the airport.

　　Applicants can make a good impression by being neat and punctual.

　　不如写成

　　Applicants will make a good impression if they are neat and punctual.

　　Plath may be ranked among those modem poets who died young.

　　不如写成

　　Plath was one of those modern poets who died young.

　　看完对比之后是否觉得肯定句式表达的效果要比否定的好很多呢？另外将否定的句式用肯定的句式表达出来还有实现文章的精简，对于论文的质量提升也有很大的帮助。希望大家以后再完成论文作业的时候要注意这些细节。