We've all heard the old saying,"Sti

We've all heard the old saying,"Sticks and stones can break my bones,but words can never hurt me."
Don't you believe it?Words are powerful,and they can hurt-a lot. In fact,if you're not careful,you can even
hurt yourself,by using the wrong word in your writing.
Recently a friend sent me a copy of an email she received from the customer service department of her
credit card company,after she contacted them with a question about her account. She was happy with their
positive response. But as I read the email,one line jumped out at me:"In lieu of good customer service..."
Did they really mean they were offering her a few extra reward points instead of good customer
service?I doubt it. More likely,what the customer service department meant to say was,"Because good
customer service is important to us..." followed by the details of what they were doing to make sure she
remained a happy customer.
So why didn't the writer say that?I can only guess that perhaps the writer liked the phrase "in lieu of",
thought it sounded more interesting than saying "because",and so used it-without bothering to check the
true meaning.
Have you ever done that?Try to impress others with a big word,only to find out you've used the word
incorrectly?It's just the opposite effect,isn't it?You may impress people all right,but it's not the impression
you were going for.
When you write,remember to choose your words carefully. People may still disagree with what you
say,but they won't be able to dismiss you because you made careless mistakes in how you said it.

結果 (中文) 3:

我们都听了那句老话：“棍棒和石头可以打断我的骨头，但言语永远不会伤害我。”你不相信吗？语言的力量是强大的，他们可以hurt-a很多。事实上，如果你不小心，你甚至可以伤害你自己，用你的写作中的错误的话。最近有一位朋友给我发了一份她收到来自客户服务部的邮件的复印件信用卡公司，在她与他们联系后，关于她的帐户。她很高兴积极响应。但当我读到这封邮件时，一条线跳出了我：“以代替良好的客户服务……”他们真的是说他们给她提供了一些额外的奖励，而不是好的客户服务？我怀疑。更有可能的是，客户服务部门的意思是说：“因为好顾客服务对我们很重要……“其次是他们在做什么，以确保她保持一个快乐的顾客。那么，为什么作者不这么说呢？我只能猜测也许作者喜欢这个短语“代替”，认为它听起来更有趣的比说“因为”，并因此使用它没有费心检查真正意义。你曾经做过吗？试着用一个大的词给别人留下深刻印象，只有找到你已经用了这个词错误地？这只是相反的效果，不是吗？你可能会让人印象深刻，但这不是一个人的印象你要去。当你写的时候，记得仔细选择你的话。人们可能不同意你的意见说，但他们不能解雇你，因为你犯了粗心的错误，你怎么说。