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Repetition（重复n many cases be substituted (替代换or omitted (省略in English. For English repetition, Fowler (1951:218) has this to say in The King’s English: Even when the repetition is a part of the writer’s original plan, consideration is necessary before it can be allowed to pass: it is implied in the terms “rhetorical” or significant repetition that the words repeated would ordinarily be either varied or left out; the repetition, that is to say, is more or less abnormal, and whatever is abnormal may be objectionable in a single instance, and is likely to become so if it occurs frequently. Compare Chinese with English: 1. 一个地方地方，一个国家国家，一个地球地球。A locality has its own over-all interest; a nation has another and the earth yet another. (nominal substitution) 2. 我们的再也不是一个被人侮辱的了。Ours is no longer a nation subject to insult and humiliation. (nominal substitution) 3. 夺取，已经的。 To win this victory will not require much more time and effort, but to consolidate it will. (nominal substitution and verbal omission) 4. 我们须决定什么东西是，什么东西是不，什么东西是应当反对的。We should decide what to commend and praise, what not to and what to oppose. (verbal omission) 5. 自周秦以来，中国是一个社会，其政治是，其经济是。 rom the Zhou and Qin Dynasties onwards, Chinese society was feudal, as were its politics and its economy. (clausal substitution ) 6. 一个人的工作，究竟是，还是，必须有个根本的估价。 We ust have a fundamental evaluation of a person’s work and establish whether his achievements amount to 30 per cent and his mistakes to 70 per cent, or vice versa. (clausal 7. 你没有搞好，我是不满意的，。 You have done a poor job and I a not satisfied, and if you feel offended, so be it. (clausal substitution) 8. 两篇文章，上篇与下篇，只有上篇，下篇才能。 In the writing of an article, the second half can be written only after the first half is finished. () Grammatical Repetition（语法重Repetition of the Modified（重被修饰语） Examples1. Let us revise our safety and sanitary regulations. 我们来修改安全和卫生吧。 The use of atomic weapons is a clear violation of international law, in particular of the Geneva Convention. 使用