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1、Chapter4They’re,Their,andThere:GrammarandWritingTipsGOODGRAMMAR=GOODFORMYoushouldstrivetomakeyourwriting100percentgrammaticallyaccurate.Thinkofeachessayyouwriteasabuilding.Ifitdoesn’thavestructuralintegrity,medicalschooladmissionsofficerswilltearthroughitwithawreckingball.Let’sfaceit:
2、Youcanwritethemostrip-roaringyarnthissideofCliveCussler,butwithoutgrammaticalaccuracy,it’llfallapart.Thoughathoughtfulessaythatofferstrueinsightwillundoubtedlystandout,itwillnotreceiveseriousconsiderationifit’sriddledwithpoorgrammarandmisspelledwords.It’scriticalthatyouavoidgrammatica
3、lerrors.Wecan’tstressthisenough.Misplacedmodifiers,fragments,orspellingthatbelongsinatextmessagenotonlydistractfromyourideasbutalsocastdoubtonyourabilities,nottomentionyourintelligence.MOSTCOMMONGRAMMARMISTAKESChancesareyouknowthedifferencebetweenasubjectandaverb.Sowewon’tspendtimeher
4、ereviewingthebasiccomponentsofEnglishsentenceconstruction(however,ifyoufeellikeyoucouldusearefresher,checkoutourbook,GrammarSmart.)Insteadwewillfocusonproblemsofusage.BelowisabriefoverviewtothesevenmostcommonusageerrorsamongEnglishspeakers.Theseareerrorsweallmake(somemorethanothers)an
5、dknowingwhattheyarewillhelpyousnuffthemoutinyourownwriting.MISTAKE#1:MISPLACEDMODIFIERAmodifierisadescriptivewordorphraseinsertedintoasentencetoadddimensiontothethingitmodifies.Forexample:Becausehecouldtalk,Mr.Edwasauniquehorse.Becausehecouldtalkisthemodifyingphraseinthesentence.Itdes
6、cribesacharacteristicofMr.Ed.Generallyspeaking,amodifyingphraseshouldberightnexttothethingitmodifies.Ifit’snot,themeaningofthesentencemaychange.Forexample:Everytimehegoestothebathroomoutside,Johnpraiseshisnewpuppyforbeingsogood.Who’sgoingtothebathroomoutside?Inthissentence,it’sJohn!Th
7、erearelawsagainstthat!Thedescriptivephraseeverytimehegoestothebathroomoutsideneedstobenearpuppyforthesentencetosaywhatitmeans.Whenyouarewritingsentencesthatbeginwithadescriptivephrasefollowedbyacomma,makesurethatthethingthatcomesafterthecommaisthepersonorthingbeingmodified.MISTAKE#2:P
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