Article Summary: The Case For Short Words By Richard Lederer

In “The Case for Short Words”, an article published in the New York Times, Richard Lederer discusses using short words. The author argues that if you are author, you do not need to use big words every time and try to use short words. First, Lederer point out that big word cannot make sure who read what you want reader to know. Second, the short and old words will be more sensible if you want to write something. In addition, the author suggest to use words same syllable in your writing and communication. However, Leaderer also says we do not must be a author, statesman, or philosopher to learn how to use small words if you want to learn that. Finally, Lederer report that try to use short words at anytime if you can, and its will be help you a lot in your speech and prose.
“the one you have been waiting for” this sentence was the apple conference for the iPhone 3G in 2008, this was a subversion of the world make sentences, and this sentence used every words that was short words. Just like Lederer writes that a good speaker will use a short words to make the audience more intuitive and more clear understanding of his ideas. In my opinion, the short words are better than …show more content…
Richard Lederer write, “Big words can make the way dark for those who read what you write and hear what you say.” In other word, he refer that the author should use the short words that is more understandable. As we know, a good writer makes his readers understand his idea that use most concise words, and most concise words are short words. Before I came to US, when I write the any article or paper, I like use some words which is hard and elaborate words, but usually we did not need hard and elaborate because I think the elaborate words are not very common words, and they are not very helpful for me when I am not a good writer. When I used some short and easy words, my article was more