101101 English Writing 1-5.pptVIP

English Writing Lecture 5 Wu Weixiong We have studied on the Common Errors in Sentence Construction （我们已经研究过常见句子错误类型） 1）Comma Splice（逗号结合） 2）Sentence Fragment（句子残缺） 3）Run-on Sentences（流水句） 4）Dangling Modifier（飘荡修饰语） 5）Mal-posed Modifier （错位修饰语） 6）Subject-Object Disagreement（主谓不一致） 7）Pronoun Shifty（代词突变） 8）faulty parallelism （蹩脚的平行结构） Chapter 3 Easily Made Errors in Composition by Chinese Students （P 40） 3.1 Away from the theme（偏离主题） （ Notice samples’ the relationship between the beginning, the middle and the end） 主题句 ——理由句（支撑句）1 ——理由句（支撑句）2 ——理由句（支撑句）3 …… 归纳句 3.2 Errors in sentences building 3.2.1 Subject missing（P 42） 3.2.2 Comma splice（P 43） Two sentences not modifying or defining each other could not be separated by a comer. 3.2.3 Errors in using connectives（P 44） Interferences by mother tongue（P 45） How to suppress Interferences by mother tongue（P 45） ① When using “although/though”, don’t use “but” in the main clause. （Ex 1/ P 45） ② When using “because”, “so” or “therefore” is not to be used in the main clause. （Ex 2-3/ P 45） ③ When the main clause is in the future tense, the adverbial clause, using “when”, “as/so long as” , “if” or “unless”, should be in the present tense（ Ex 4/ P 45 ） 3.2.4 Errors in using “because” or “because of” in sentence building Because + a complete sentence Because of + noun, gerund or pronoun 3.2.5 Errors in using more than one verbs（P 46） Similar to the error of Run-on Sentences（流水句）we learned before. 3.2.6 Errors in using passive voice （P 47） 3.2.7 Errors in using adverbial clause thus undermining the integrity of a sentence. （P 47） Can you have another choice to correct the error in Ex 1/ P 47? My answer is “no”. That is because honesty is not a single social phenomenon but rather, a kind of humanity rooted in our mind. 3.2.8 Errors in using there be sentence（P 48） Ex 1-2/ mid-P48 3.2.9 Failing in making diverse sentence types（P 48） We have learned this point in Lecture 3. 3.2.10 Errors in making such as or f