2、使用英语成语和习语
人们在长期使用语言的过程中，积累了大量的习惯表达法。这些成语、习语内涵丰富，语言生动活泼。文章中适当地使用这类短语，可避免语言的单调贫乏，使句子生动而富于内涵。如：
(l)George has lost his social position since his business failed.
可改为：George has come down in the world since his business failed
(2).Maybe you have time to go to the cinema,but I have more importavt businessto attend to.
可改为：Maybe you have time to go to the cinema,but I have other fish to fry.
3、用词的宽度
用词的宽度可以反映出写作者所掌握的词汇量。如果一个人掌握的词汇量大，那么当表达同一概念有不同的表达方法时，则可以换一种说法。如：
The teachers maintained that the students should give up love for the sake ofleaming Students,however,hold that fordidding love among college students is nogood.
这两句话里，谓语分别用了maintain和hold。如果将它们换为think，所表达的意思相同，但用词宽度则不如原文。这两句话中for the sake of，give uP,is no good等都是用词宽度的表现。
所以在英语写作中有意识地适当增加用词宽度既能体现学以致用的原则又能使文章取得良好效果。