标题里的“浅显”，到不是不重要的意思，可以理解为是比较容易消化的知识点。
虽然较容易消化，但对于我们的写作来说，确实比较重要的。
仿写的文字和内容出自“外刊仿写1904” 这个活动。根据对应的写作知识点，分享了以下几个部分
第一部分 词性
#1 连词的使用
#2 代词的使用
第二部分 结构
#3 插入语
#4 列举
第三部分 符号
#5 直接引语
#6 冒号的使用
依次展开（例句来自于对应外刊）
#1 连词的使用
连词前后语法结构对称
not only… but also…
Not only are screens themselves cheap to make, but they also make things cheaper. （not only 和but also 后跟的都是句子）
Convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today. （and 前后的形容词对称）
The culprit is the numbers themselves, not the lies that augment them, nor the profits made in doing so. （is…not…nor 后面的名词对称）
比较，要注意可比性：同性质的才能比
The Chinese now spend 5% of household income on education and the Indians 4%, compared with 2.5% for the Americans and 1% for the Europeans. （compare with 前后 数字和数字比）
#2 代词的使用
指代明确：
后一句的主语指代前一句的主语，这种指代是最为明确的
Technology can make friendships shallower, but it can also make them stronger. （后一句主语it 指代前一句主语technology ）
Reason developed not to enable us to solve abstract, logical problems; rather, it developed to resolve the problems posed by living in collaborative groups. （后一句主语it 指代 前一句主语reason）
At 856 years old, Notre-Dame has witnessed French history. It’s whereHenry VI was crowned, and Napoleon became emperor. （后一句主语it 指代 前一句主语 Notre-Dame）
#3 插入语
逗号或者破折号间隔，一般插入在主语和谓语之间
Timing, we believe, is an art. （逗号间隔插入语成分，放在主语和be动词之间）
Amazon, now a behemoth valued at more than $600 billion, has become one of the faces of “big tech,” along with Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Facebook. （逗号间隔插入语，放在主语Amazon和谓语has become 之间，并且 a behemoth 和 Amazon 之间构成同位语关系）
Jack Ma, the richest man in China and founder of the e-commerce company Alibaba, is a big fan of extreme overwork.（逗号间隔插入语成分，放在主语和be动词之间，并且插入部分是主语的同位语）
Even the most eager fake-news readers — deeply conservative supporters of President Trump — consume far more of the real kind. （破折号的插入语，还是在主语readers和谓语 consume 之间）
#4 列举
列举内容和被列举对象之间要就近
such as 表示列举
Investors often describe the world of business in terms of animals, such as bears, bulls, and dogs. （列举放在了解释对象animals的直接后面）
括号 表示列举
Any place that can fit a screen in (classrooms, hospitals, airports, restaurants) can cut costs. （列举没有放在place 的直接后面，中间间隔了一个定语从句）
from…to… 表示列举
Researchers in dozens of fields- from economics to anesthesiology to social psychology— have been unearthing the hidden science of timing. （列举放在了解释对象fields 的直接后面）
#5 直接引语
注意符号的使用
“Children who have positive relationships with their peers and teachers do better in school,” she says. （先逗号，再引号）
This “is not a problem,”（先逗号，再引号） he said in a recent blog post, instead calling it a “blessing.” （先句号，再引号）
#6 冒号的使用
冒号后面如果是完整句子的话，首字母大写
A person was born into a position and a line of work: The peasant’s son would also be a peasant. [冒号后面如果是完整句子的话，首字母大写]
Trying something new can be painful: That cost is immediate, while any benefits. [冒号后面如果是完整句子的话，首字母大写]
A group of astronomers has done something incredible: They captured the first photograph ever taken of a black hole. [冒号后面如果是完整句子的话，首字母大写]
对比下下面破折号的解释
Trash picking is illegal in California — once a bin is rolled out onto the sidewalk the contents are considered the possession of the trash collection company. （这个破折号后面的没有大写）
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