chapter6&7commonerrors&summarywriting

1、ChapterFiveCommonErrsinWritingThislistincludesonlybriefexamplesexplanationsintendedfyoutouseasreminderswhileyouareeditingyourpapers.1.MisuseofPartsofSpeech（詞性誤用）Traditionalgrammarclassifieswdsbasedoneightpartsofspeech:ve

2、rbnounpronounadjectiveadverbprepositionconjunctioninterjection.ErrPossibleRevisionMysisterplagiarismedherhomewkgotazero.Mysisterplagiarisedherhomewkgotazero.Digitalproductsmakeourlifeconvenience.Digitalproductsmakeourlif

3、econvenient.Digitalproductsbringconveniencetoourlife.Digitalproductshaveaneffectonourwkstudylive.Digitalproductshaveaneffectonourwkstudylife.2.Subjectverbagreementerr(主謂不一致)Alltoooftenthelettersattheendofthethirdpersonsi

4、ngularisleftout.EvenpeoplewhosefirstlanguageisEnglishsometimeshaveproblemsinwritingthethirdpersoncrectlyespeciallywhenthesubjectverbareseparatedbyalongphraseclause.errPossibleRevisionThestateofAfghanistan’sroadsreflectth

5、echaoticsituation.ThestateofAfghanistan’sroadsreflectsthechaoticsituation.Twentygallonsofgasolinecostalotofmoney.Twentygallonsofgasolinecostsalotofmoney.Nooneexcepttwostudentswerelatefthemeeting.Nooneexcepttwostudentswas

6、latefthemeeting.3.VerbtenseerrsVerbtensestellreaderswhenactionstakeplace.Whenyoushiftfromonetensetoanotherwithnoclearreasonyoucanconfusereaders.Englishhasthreetimeframes:pastpresentfuture.Eachoftheseisdividedintosimplepr

7、ogressiveperfectperfectprogressive.Fragmentsareincompletesentences.Afragmentsentencelacksaverblacksasubjectisasubdinateclausenotattachedtoacompletesentence.Makesureeachwdgroupyouhavepunctuatedasasentencecontainsagrammati

8、callycompleteindependentthoughtthatcanstaloneasanacceptablesentence.FragmentPossibleRevisionCambridgeoffersmanymajsinengineering.Suchaselectricalchemicalindustrialengineering.Cambridgeoffersmanymajsinengineeringsuchasele

9、ctricalchemicalindustrialengineering.Ineedtofindanewroommate.BecausetheoneIhavenowisntwkingouttoowell.IneedtofindanewroommatebecausetheoneIhavenowisntwkingouttoowell.Jimderedtwodozenredrosesfhiswife.Hopingshewouldaccepth

10、isapology.Jimderedtwodozenredrosesfhiswifehopingshewouldaccepthisapology.Exercise:Thefollowingparagraphhasnocapitallettersperiodstomarkthebeginningsendsofsentences.Addcapitalsperiodscommasotherpunctuationthatmaybeneededt

11、omakethewdgroupsintocompletesentences.Yourgoalistobesurethattherearenofragments.mybrotherwasalwaysmybestfriendwhenIwasachildespeciallyaswetwowerealmostaloneinthewldwelivedwithouroldgrmotherinalittlehousealmostashackinthe

12、countrywheneverIthinkofhimnowIseeasolemnresponsibleboyaboytoooldfhisyearswholookedoutfmenomatterwhatoncetherewasabullyJohnAnsonwholookedenmoustomethoughhewasprobablyanaveragetwelveyearoldJohnhaditinfmebecausehelikedLitti

13、ceGrantwholikedmehedecidedtobeatmeuprightbefehereyesIwasluckymybrothercamebyhedidntinterfereanyhejuststoodtheresomehowthoughhispresencegavemeconfidenceIlickedthestuffingoutofJohnAnsonifmybrotherhadntbeenthereIdontthinkIc

14、ouldhavedoneit.MybrotherwasalwaysmybestfriendwhenIwasachildespeciallyaswetwowerealmostaloneinthewld.Welivedwithouroldgrmotherinalittlehousealmostashackinthecountry.WheneverIthinkofhimnowIseeasolemnresponsibleboyaboytoool

15、dfhisyearswholookedoutfmenomatterwhat.OncetherewasabullyJohnAnsonwholookedenmoustomethoughhewasprobablyanaveragetwelveyearold.JohnhaditinfmebecausehelikedLitticeGrantwholikedme.Hedecidedtobeatmeuprightbefehereyes.Iwasluc