辽宁省本溪满族自治县高级中学2018届高三英语复习 写作 英语写作错误.ppt

10 Common Mistakes That You Can Bet I Would Make if I Had to Write in Chinese! Ways to improve your English manuscript Introduction Graduated from Zoology at the University of Melbourne in 2001 Worked for the Victorian Government Often proof read documents for work in Australia English Editor for Zoological Research 1. The definite article: The I can’t get used to not using the! Definite article: must be defined and specific Indefinite article: uses a or an Examples… 1. The definite article: The Come into the house Come into a house We tested the monkeys to see the effect of the drug We tested a monkey to see the effect of the drug 1. The COUNTED article: The Counted articles: things that you have put a value to Special case of the definite article eg. The treatment group consisted of 12 monkeys. The monkeys were all male. 1. The COUNTED article: The Uncounted: things that are general and have no counted size 1. The COUNTED article: The Uncounted: things that are general and have no counted size Nature – Correct The nature – Incorrect 2. Numbers Strict and easy to follow convention on numbers in English scientific writing Under 10, write it as a word 10 and over, use the numeral At the start of sentence, write it as a word no matter how long it is! 2. Numbers We took four reading over six months. We collected 14,560 beetles. We collected 14,560 beetles. One hundred and forty of them could not be identified. 3. Abbreviations Abbreviations should ALWAYS be spelt out in full the first time you use them After that use the abbreviation ALWAYS spell out in full after a full stop 3. Abbreviations We measured the DBH of every second tree. We measured the diameter at breast height (DBH) of every second tree. There’s an exception to every rule! DNA, ATPase, bp, RNA… 3. Abbreviations: species name If using the Latin name Spell it in full the first time you use it and then use the abbreviation Petauroides volans or P. volans MUST spell it in full again the first