#DSEWriting🌋 👀Analysis on 2017 Paper 2 inappropriate choice of language👀 - 😠Stock phrases 1️⃣ gourmet’s paradise 👀代替: food paradise 2️⃣mouth-watering cuisine 👀代替: delicious/tasty/wonderful dish 3️⃣cut-throat competition 👀代替: keen competition 4️⃣fight on our own turf 呢度context不足，未能replace，不過”turf”指”area”，應該都係”keen competition”嗰類。 - 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼大大:2017嘅stock phrases都係針對metaphorical嘅字/idioms去講，雖然idiom得一個，不過過往幾年已經嚴打咗一堆”idioms”，你仲夠唔夠膽呢？最少semi-formal同formal嘅我一定唔會用。👀 //////////////////////////// 😠Problematic sentences 5️⃣ While some sing praises to this choice in the belief that…, some frown upon it. 👀代替: While some believe this choice is wise in the sense that…, some disagree. 🧠原因: 考評局認為“sing praises”係poetic同metaphorical，而2016嘅report已經講咗”frown upon”唔係咁用，用返”disagree”較好。 - 6️⃣ After serious consideration in the long run as a whole, I am firmly convinced that we should give the green lights to the suggestion. 👀代替: Considering the enormous benefits brought by the suggestion, we should adopt it soon. 🧠原因: 考評局就話前半句好累贅，我就覺得成句都好累贅😂冇人care你係咪convinced, 你要convince readers嘛。”Give green lights”就係idioms類，盡量少用啦，再加上你前面又咁formal, 無啦啦整個idiom怪怪的。 - 7️⃣ Valid as this argument is at first glance, it does not HOLD much WATER. 👀代替: The argument seems to be valid/sounds reasonable. In fact, it is illogical as... 🧠原因: “Hold water”係cliché，都話考評局dislike idioms㗎啦，尤其formal, semi-formal。 - 8️⃣ The justifications to which my PROPENSITY can be ASCRIBED are TWO-FOLD. 👀代替: There are 2 reasons, including A and B, behind my view. 🧠原因: “propensity”, “ascribed” 同 “two-fold” 係low-frequency words，通常用於legal context)，2016已經開始ban “manifold”, 17再ban, 小心！🤭 - 9️⃣ Beneath my stance, there lie strong justifications and an anticipated prospect in supporting… 👀代替: Arguments above reveal the fact that supporting A brings benefits to… 🧠原因: 太formal, “anticipated prospect”有collocation problem。 - 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼大大: 寫到呢度，只能祝福大型補習社嘅小朋友唔好信曬，我幫大家改文都仲見到大家有用呢啲.....😰又或者見到有啲未俾人變stock phrases但好高危嘅用法，一句到尾，用前問自己識唔識用啱佢。 回頭是岸呀各位施主。🤪 #Vocabno #English #DSE #17DSE #2017DSE #18DSE #2018DSE #19DSE #2019DSE #Reading #Writing #Speaking #Wordoftheday #Vocabulary #Expression #Phrase #HKDSE #LiberalStudies #通識 #LS #Dsetips #Linguistics #語言學 #Morphology#英文考試系列