37 cấu trúc trong tiếng Anh rườm rà cần lưu ý khi viết

1. Các cấu trúc trong tiếng Anh rườm rà

Trong khi nói tiếng Anh, những câu trúc rườm rà này hay được sử dụng để ta có thêm thời gian để nghĩ. Tuy nhiên, chuyển sang văn viết, ta cần hạn chế dùng chúng để cho các câu văn súc tích.
Dưới đây liệt kế 37 cấu trúc trích trong cuốn How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences, trang 102-103 của Edward J. Huth, M.D. 

STT	Cụm từ rườm rà	Từ tương đương
1	a majority of	most
2	a number of	many
3	accounted for by the fact that	because
4	as a consequence of	because
5	due to the fact that	because
6	in view of the fact that	because
7	for the reason that	because
8	on account of	because
9	on the basis of	because
10	on the grounds that	because
11	owing to the fact that	because
12	an order of magnitude	ten times
13	are of the same opinion	agree
14	at the present (moment)	now
15	at this point in time	now
16	by means of	by, with
17	despite the fact that	although
18	during the course of	during, while
19	fewer in number	fewer
20	for the purpose of	for
21	has the capability of	can
22	having regard to	about
23	if conditions are such that	if
24	in all cases	always, invariably
25	in close proximity to	near
26	in connection with	about, concerning
27	in my opinion it is not an unjustifiable assumption that	I think
28	in order to	to
29	in the event that	if
30	it is clear that	clearly
31	it is often the case that	often
32	it is possible that the cause is	the cause may be
33	it is worth pointing out that	note that
34	it may, however, be noted that	but
35	lacked the ability to	could not
36	large numbers of	many
37	prior to	before

2. Ví dụ minh họa và cách sửa cho những cấu trúc tiếng Anh rườm rà

• EXAMPLE 1. After careful consideration of all the foregoing lines of evidence, it is apparent to us that among all the antibiotics discussed, penicillin is the one that should be chosen for the treatment of infections caused by the streptococcus.
• Revision 1a. We conclude that penicillin is the best antibiotic for treatment of streptococcal infections.
• Revision 1b. We conclude that streptococcal infections are best treated with penicillin.
• EXAMPLE 2. Persons age 5 to 14 years are perennially more likely to have acute HAV than those older than 15 or less than 4 years of age.
• Revision 2. Acute HAV infection is most common in children between 5 and 14 years of age.
• EXAMPLE 3. When we speak of treatment for heart failure patients, there are two aspects to be addressed. One is the necessity to improve the quality of life and the second is the necessity to delay death.
• Revision 3. Treatment of patients with heart failure needs to balance two goals: improving the quality of life and delaying death.
• EXAMPLE 4. While it is the case that responses for many women who engaged in the risk behaviors prior to pregnancy suggested that they stopped for the duration of their pregnancy, it is also the case that there is a strong potential for women to underreport these behaviors during pregnancy.
• Revision 4. Although many women reported that they stopped engaging in risky behaviors during pregnancy, it is known that women often underreport behaviors that might put their fetus at risk.

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(Đi thi IELTS thì lại nên dùng 1-2 cấu trúc rườm rà để tránh lặp từ)