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DoIT1literallymean“don”tchangeanywords”?Yesandno。,Ifa_speakerchooseshiswordscarefullyyoushouldmakeitapointofprofessionalpridetoquotehimverbatimMostinterviewerSsareSLloppyaboutthis;theythinkthatiftheyachievearoughapproximationit”sgoodenough,It”Snotgoodenough:nobodywantstoseehimselfinprintUsingWordsorphraseshewouldneveruseButifthespeaker”sCOnversation1Sfagged一1fhisSentencestraliloff,ifhisthoughtsaredisorderly,jifhislanguagelsSotangledthatitwouldembarrasshim一thewriterhasno_choicebuttocleanuptheEnglishandpfrovidethemissing1inks.SometimesyoucanfallintoatrapbytryingtobetootfruetotheSpeaker.ASsyouWriteyourarticle,youtypehisWords_exactlyasyoutookthemdown.Youevenallowyourselfa_momentofsatisfactionatbeingSuchafaithfulscribe.Later,editingwhatyou”veWritten,youtrealizethatSeveralofthequotesdon”tquitemakesense,WhenyoufirstheardthemtheysoundedSofelicitousthatyoudidn”tgivethemasecond_thought.Now,onsecondthought,there”saholeinthelanguageorthelogic,Toleavetheholeisnofavortothefreaderorthespeaker一andno_credittotheWriter,OftenyoUonlyneedtoaddoneortwoclarifyin
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gwords.,,Oryoumightfindanotherquoteinyournotes_thatmakestheSamepointclearly.,ButalsorememberthatyoucancalltheperSsonyoUinterviewed.,TellhimyouwanttocheckafewofthethingsheSaid,Gethimtorephrasehispointsuntilyouunderstandthem,Don”tbecometheprisonerofyourquotes一So_lulledbyhowwonderfultheySoundthatyoudon”tStoptoanalyzethem,Neverletanythinggooutintotheworldthat7ovdon”tunderstand.AS_forhowtoorganizetheinterview,theleadshouldobviouslytellthereaderwhytheperson1Sworthreadingabout.Whatishisclaimtoourtineandattention?Thereafter,tryto_achievea_balancebetweenwhattheSubjectisSayinginAP7swordsandwhatyouareWritinginJoWords.IfyouquoteaperSsonforthreeorfourconsecutiveparagraphsitbecomesmonotonous.QuotesarelivelierwhenyouUbreakthemup,makingperiodicappearanceslinyourroleasguide.Youarestillthewriter一don”Ttrelinquishcontrol,Butmakeyourappearancesuseful;don”tjustinsertoneofthosedrearySentencesthatshouttothereaderthatyoursolepurposeistobreakupastringofquotations(“Hetappedhispipeonanearbyashtrayand[noticedthathisfingerswerequitelong.”“Shetoyedidlywithherarugulasala
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d”).Whenyouuseaquotation,starttheSentenceWitht.Don”tleaduptoitwithavapidphraseSayingwhatthemanSald.BAD:MrSmithsaidthathe1likedto“godowntownonceaWeekandhavelunchwithsomeofmyoldfriends.”Go0D:“T_usually1liketogodowntownonceaaweek,”MrSmithsaid,“andhavelunchwithsomeofmyoldfriends.?”ThesecondSentencehasvitality,thefirstoneisdead.NothingisdeaderthantostartasentenceWitha“MrSmithsaid”construction一让”SwheremanyreadersStopreading.IfthemanSaidit,jlethimSayitandgetthesentenceofftoaWarm,humanStart.Butbecarefulwhereyoubreakthequotation.DoitasSoonasyounaturallycan,Sothatthereaderknowswhoistalking,butnotwherethebreakwilldestroythefrhythmorthe_meaning.Noticehowthefollowingthreevariantsallinflictsomekindofdamage:“Tusuallylike,”MrSmithsaid,“togodowntownonceaWeekandhavelunchwithSomeofmyoldfriends.”了“TIusuallyliketogodowntown”Mr,Smithsaid,“onceaweekandhavelunchwithsomeofmyoldfriends.”“ITusuallyliketogodowntownonceaweekandhave]unch,”MrSmithsaid,“withsomeofmyoldfriends.?Finally,don”tstraintofindsynonymsfor“hesaid.”Don”tmakeyourmanassert,averandexpostulatejustto
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