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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(Worse) The investigator came up with a recommendation on a solution to the problem. (Better) The investigator recommended how to solve the problem.
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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.
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(Worse) The assessors make a verification of the product quality. (Better) The assessors verify the product quality.
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(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.
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(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.
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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.
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