(Worse) A laser printer normally has a higher price than an ink jet printer. (Better) A laser printer normally costs more than an ink jet printer.
(Worse) The committee member gave a proposal that the traffic rules should be reviewed by the zoning commission. (Better) The committee member proposed that the zoning commission should review the traffic rules.
(Worse) The technician took a measurement of the parameters so that the boundaries are ensured to be accurate. (Better) The technician measured the parameters to ensure accurate boundaries.
(Worse) The focus of this study is a description of the differences between ink jet printers and laser printers. (Better) This study focuses on how jet printers and laser printers differ.
(Worse) The members came to an agreement on how the whole issue should be handled by the organization. (Better) The members agreed on how the organization should handle the whole issue.
Depending on the sentence‘s context, complete, entire and, occasionally, comprehensive can be used as alternatives to whole when the Chinese meaning is 全部的 / 整 個的.
(Worse) The group made a decision to let the funds be controlled by the treasurer. (Better) The group decided to let the treasurer control the funds.
(Worse) The president gave the authority to the controlling committee to distribute the funds. (Better) The president authorized the controlling committee to distribute the funds.
(Worse) The governing body offered explanations why the law is enacted by the legislative branch. (Better) The governing body explained why the legislative branch enacts the law.
(Worse) The investigator came up with a recommendation on a solution to the problem. (Better) The investigator recommended how to solve the problem.
Depending on the sentence‘s context, obstacle, limitation, restriction, shortcoming, drawback, and phenomenon can be used as alternatives to problem when the Chinese meaning is 問題.
(Worse) The assessors make a verification of the product quality. (Better) The assessors verify the product quality.
(Worse) The pollster regularly takes a survey of the general public on whether or not the incumbent should be re-elected by the constituents. (Better) The pollster regularly surveys the public on whether the constituents should re- elect the incumbent.
(Worse) The accreditation committee makes an appraisal of very qualified candidates that are in compliance with the standards. (Better) The accreditation committee appraises very qualified candidates that comply with the standards.
To increase word variety in a sentence, highly, rather, quite and extremely can be used as alternatives to very when the Chinese meaning is 非常.