我记不清在哪里看到过了（可能是 Gowers 的《Plain Words》），但我很认同这条规则：只有为了避免歧义时才加连字符，其他情况不用。比如，“a red head scarf”是指一条红色的头巾，还是给红头发人戴的围巾？从上下文来看，应该很明显……
I can't remember where I came across it (possibly Gowers' Plain Words), but I like the rule that you should hyphenate to avoid ambiguity but not otherwise. E.g. is "a red head scarf" a red scarf for the head or a scarf for red heads? From context, it should be obvious,…
如果有人感兴趣的话，有一本非常出色的“简明风格（plain style）”指南，英国公务员系统很多地方都推荐它。书名叫《Plain Words》，作者是 Ernest Gowers 爵士。近年来它还出了更新版。
If anyone is interested, there is an excellent "plain style" guide which is recommend for much of the British Civil Service. It's called "Plain Words", and is by Sir Ernest Gowers. It's received an updated version in recent years.
This stuff reminds me of the classic writing style guide Plain Words by Gowers which advises against all of the above nonsense. I absolutely hate the magazine writing style that LLMs seem to love to regurgitate. It's even worse when it's used not for entertainment but…
我记不清在哪里看到过了（可能是 Gowers 的《Plain Words》），但我很认同这条规则：只有为了避免歧义时才加连字符，其他情况不用。比如，“a red head scarf”是指一条红色的头巾，还是给红头发人戴的围巾？从上下文来看，应该很明显……
I can't remember where I came across it (possibly Gowers' Plain Words), but I like the rule that you should hyphenate to avoid ambiguity but not otherwise. E.g. is "a red head scarf" a red scarf for the head or a scarf for red heads? From context, it should be obvious,…
如果有人感兴趣的话，有一本非常出色的“简明风格（plain style）”指南，英国公务员系统很多地方都推荐它。书名叫《Plain Words》，作者是 Ernest Gowers 爵士。近年来它还出了更新版。
If anyone is interested, there is an excellent "plain style" guide which is recommend for much of the British Civil Service. It's called "Plain Words", and is by Sir Ernest Gowers. It's received an updated version in recent years.
这玩意儿让我想起了 Gowers 的经典写作风格指南《Plain Words》，里面建议千万别搞上面这些胡说八道。我极其讨厌现在 LLM 似乎特别爱生搬硬套的那种杂志行文风格。当它不是用来娱乐，而是……的时候，情况就更糟糕了。
This stuff reminds me of the classic writing style guide Plain Words by Gowers which advises against all of the above nonsense. I absolutely hate the magazine writing style that LLMs seem to love to regurgitate. It's even worse when it's used not for entertainment but…