Monday, July 25, 2016

If you find that X is Y, it's because it is Y

Paul Krugman教授のNew York
Timesの論説は彼の冷静な切り口が好きで割に読んでいるのですが今回は特に言い回しが気に入ったので自分へのメモがわりに書き残しておきます今日 (July 25, 2016) の The New York Timesに掲載された彼の論説です

Delusion of Chaos
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/opinion/delusions-of-chaos.html

"National crime statistics, and numbers for all violent crimes, paint an only slightly less cheerful picture. And it's not just a matter of numbers; our big cities look and feel far safer than they did a
generation ago, because they are. "

この" A looks B, because A is B"という言い方どこかで聞き覚えあると思ったらあれです "On Writing Well"にありましたね

"If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard." (Zinsser W, On Writing Well. 30th Anniversary Edition)

William Zinsser氏による名文ですこの箇所も僕は実に大好きで読み返しては文章をかけない言い訳にしております←ってあかんがな

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