2.7 Verbosidad
El uso
excesivo de palabras para comunicar una idea es un vicio del lenguaje oral que
afecta la claridad y la brevedad del manuscrito científico. Nadie quiere leer
de más; por el contrario, tus lectores quieren saber rápidamente qué hiciste y
qué descubriste. En los ejemplos siguientes la segunda oración dice lo mismo
que la primera pero es más corta y fácil de entender (la reducción de texto
para las cinco oraciones es de 38 %):
Los suelos tropicales tienen un bajo
contenido de materia orgánica.
Los suelos tropicales tienen poca materia
orgánica.
Los hongos se colocan dentro del Reino Fungi. Los hongos
pertenecen al Reino Fungi.
The
following are plants which have not been recorded previously from Belize. The
following plants are unrecorded from Belize.
At no time did we ever fail to locate the
owls. We always located the owls.
Caves were classified as cool (where
temperatures range from 19-22 ºC) or hot (where temperatures range from 26-40
ºC).
Caves were classified as cool (19-22 ºC)
or hot (26º- 40ºC).
Estas
frases verbosas abundan en la comunicación oral y escrita:
A pesar
del hecho que= Aunque
Durante
el transcurso de= Durante
En la
vecindad de= Cerca
Es capaz
de= Puede
Estudios
realizados por Platt(1998) demostraron que= Platt(1998) demostró que
Posee la
habilidad para= Puede
Se ha
encontrado evidencia= Hay evidencia
Se hizo
una comparación= Se comparó
Tiene el
potencial de= Puede
Tiene un
ritmo de crecimiento rápido= Crece rápido
Un gran
número de= Muchos
A
considerable amount of= Many
A large amount of= Many
At this point in time= Now
In a manner similar to= As
In order to= To
In a similar fashion as= Like
In light of the fact that= Because
Not present at all= Absent
Owing to the fact that= Because
Significant numbers of= Many
In the event that= If
It is our expectation that we will finally be able to=
We expect to
No earlier than= After
They are commonly found= They are common
They are going to= They will
They have a predilection for= They prefer
They have been shown to be= They are
They have been shown to posses= They posses
They have been shown to support= They support
Was found to vary= varied
With the objective of= To
Ejercicio:
Acorta las frases siguientes.
1. Con el fin de
2. Con el propósito de
3. Fueron capaces de producir
4. Grandes cantidades de
5. Procederemos a nombrar
6. Se ha demostrado muchas veces
7. Due to the fact that
8. Five meters in depth
9. He has no doubt that
10. In a manner similar to that seen in
11. It has the capacity to
12. It is known to cause
13. It is suggestive of the fact that
14. It proved to be true
15. It sets a limit to
16. It was found to be
17. It was found to contain
18. It was modified to some extent
19. Lesser numbers of
20. They are able to
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