SCI英文论文写作见语法错误.ppt

Compared to or compared with? Always compare with never compare to!!!! Wrong = Compared to the control Right = Compared with the control And / or In a list of treatments, use or rather than and Wrong = After incubation over night, cells were treated with 0, 2.5, 5. 7.5 and 10 uM of DN6-3 for 12 h. Right = After incubation overnight, cells were treated with 0, 2.5, 5. 7.5 or 10 uM of DN6-3 for 12 h. Sentence Fragments Make sure that each word group that you have punctuated as a sentence contains a grammatically complete and independent thought that will stand alone as a sentence. Wrong = Scientists report no human deaths due to excessive caffeine consumption. Although caffeine does cause convulsions and death in certain animals. Right = Scientists report no human deaths due to excessive caffeine consumption, although caffeine does cause convulsions and death in certain animals. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Place modifiers near the words they describe and be sure the modified words actually appear in the sentence Wrong = Many tourists visit Arlington Cementary, where military personnel are buried every day from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Right = Every day from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm, many tourists visit Arlington Cementary, where military personnel are buried. Faulty Parallelism Be sure to use grammatically equal sentence elements to express thoughts or when matching ideas or items in a series Wrong = The candidates goals include winning the election, a national health program and the educational system Right = The candidates goals include winning the election, enacting a national health program and improving the educational system Unclear Pronoun Reference All pronouns must refer clearly to definite nouns. Be careful with It, They, That, These, Those and Which Wrong = Because Tom is less interested in the environment than in economic development, he sometimes neglects it. Right = Because of his interest in economic development, Tom sometimes neglects the