| 摘要 |
A method for editing and enhancing readability of authored documents is presented. The method comprises a stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, and stage 4. Stage 1 includes searching for occurrences of first signs, the first signs selected from a list comprising "it," "there," "in," "of," "as," "or," "that," and the punctuation marks "." and ";"; removing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that begin with or contain "it," "there," "in," "of," "as," "or," or "that."; replacing common cliches and redundancies with equivalents as found in list; replacing common lengthy construction with equivalents as found in list; and searching for common redundant pairs as found in list and eliminating a first word of the pair. Stage 2, includes searching for occurrence of second signs, the second signs selected from a list comprising "am," "is," "was," "were," "are," "been," and "be"; replacing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that contain "of"; replacing nominalizations with equivalents as found in a list; and replacing passive voice construction with equivalents as found in a list; and replacing common weak construction with equivalents as found in list. Stage 3 includes searching for remaining prepositions and making substitution according to list. Stage 4 includes searching for pairs of commas separated by more than three words; searching for the same or synonymous nouns and verbs appearing more than once; searching for more than one negated verb in a sentence; and search for word "any" following a negated verb.
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