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1、Top10misusedwords王惠玲Manypeoplewhohavehadtoproofreaddocumentsstarttodevelopakindofcompulsive“tutting”atmisusedwords.Here’sthetoptenwordsthataremisusedbyeitherprofessionalwritersorpublicspeakerswho,let’sbehonest,shouldreallyknowbetter.10-Refute“Refute”meansto“disprovewithevidence”andyetit’scomm
2、onlyused,evenbyprofessionalwriters,tomean“rebut”whichcarriesasimilarmeaningbutisn’tsostrong,asitalsomean“argueagainst”9-instant9-InstantNowadays,it’salmostuniversallyassumedthat“instant”actuallymeans“quickly”or“withoutintervention”.Obviously,itdoesnot.Itactuallyreferstoaprecisemomentintime.Go
3、ogleInstant(谷歌即搜)isagoodexample.8-Enormity“Enormity”means“extremeevil”,butit’softenusedtomean“enormousness”.TheformerUSPresident,GeorgeHWBushmissedthisonewhenhesaidafterbeingelectedthathe“couldn’tbelievetheenormityofthesituation.”7-Less“Less”isusedwhencomparingquantitiesthatcan’tbecounted;for
4、example,“I’dlikelessmilk.”Ifyou’recomparingquantitieslikebagelsthen“fewer”shouldbeused.Butyoudonot7-Lesswinmanycompetitionswithatiebreakifyoupointoutthat“25wordsorless”shouldactuallybe“25wordsorfewer”.Theantonyms“morethan”and“greaterthan”getsimilarlymisused.Programmerswillknowthecomparisonope
5、ratorsarereferredtoas“greaterthanandlessthan”;itshouldreallybe“greaterthanandfewerthan”.6-ChronicChronicisoriginallyamedicaltermmeaning“longterm”;ithasthesamerootas“chronometer”(精密计时器).Someonesufferingfromchronicpainhaslongtermpain.It’softenusedtomean“verybad”-infact“acute”shouldbeusedinstead
6、.5-LiterallyThisissuchawidelyknownmisusedwordthatexamplesarelesscommon,asmostpeopleknowtoavoidtheterm–whichshouldbeusedtodescribesomethingthatisactuallyhappening.5-LiterallyForexample,“Heliterallydancedwithjoy.”butshouldnotbeusedforemphasis.“Steamwasliterallycomingoutofhisears.”Thisexamplequo
7、tesa,nowdeceased,reverendgentlemanwhoseemedtorejoicein,frankly,daftopinions,includingoneabouta“literalhomosexualsteamroller”.4-Panacea“Panacea”meansacureall;itcomesfromthesameGreekrootas“panorama”.Itshouldn’tbeusedtoimplyacureforasinglething,
