英语论文写作后的校正.docVIP

Proofreading Your Work It is always difficult to find errors in ones own work. The words and sentences appear correct on rereading because if the writer had known better, he or she would not have made the errors in the first place. But a careful rereading of a paper aloud before it is turned in helps considerably. Perhaps a checklist of common errors（错误清单） will serve as a guide for you. Keep this list and a grammar book with you as you read your paper over, checking every sentence for these items. Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments Check each sentence to make sure it has a subject, a verb, and a complete thought（完整的思想）. Have you run two sentences together incorrectly without a period（句点）, conjunction（介词） or semicolon（分号） separating them? Punctuation Have you ended every sentence with a period, question mark（问号）, or exclamation point? Are your thoughts within sentences broken up correctly by commas for easier understanding? Have you broken up series with commas? Have you used a period after abbreviations? If you are in doubt about the proper punctuation of a sentence, have you asked or looked at our handouts on punctuation. Quotation Marks Did you remember to place exact quotes within quotation marks? Did you place all periods and commas inside the quotation marks while placing semicolons and colons outside them? Subject-Verb Agreements Check every subject and verb to make sure that if you have used a singular subject, you have also used a singular verb. Similarly, a plural subject needs a plural verb. Sentence Length Compute the average number of words per sentence. How close is that number compared to the average of 22? Have you varied the length of sentences in each paragraph? If your sentences are too long, break them into shorter units. Sentences that are very short tend to produce a jerky style of writing. Does each sentence follow clearly and logically from the one before it? Have you used some type of transitional device between each sentence? Apostroph