【7A文】科技英语写作语法错误举例.ppt

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1、from:TheACSStyleGuide,Chapter2科技英语写作语法错误举例1      Subject-VerbAgreements例1Applicationofthistechniquetostudiesonphytoplanktonbiomassanditsenvironmentsaredescribed.[说明]Thesubjectis“application”,whichissingular.Applicationofthistechniqueto…isdescribed.Sometimes,twosingularsubjec

2、tsjoinedby“and”causethiserror.例2GrowthandisolationofM13viruswasdescribed→GrowthandisolationofM13virusweredescribed.Exception:Asubjectthatispluralinformbutsingularineffecttakesasingularverb.例3Thenameandaddressofeachcontributorisgivenonthetitlepage.例4Researchanddevelopmentisat

3、tractingagrowingnumberofyoungscientists.However,whentwoormoresubjectsarejoinedby“or”,theverbtakesthenumberoftheclosestsubject.例5Applicationoruseswerenoted.Usesorapplicationwasnoted.Collectivenounstakeasingularverbwhenthegroupasawholeismeant,theytakeapluralverbwhenindividuals

4、ofthegrouparemeant.例6Theseriesisarrangedinorderofdecreasingsize.[说明]Referstotheseriesasaunit.例7Aseriesofcompoundsweretested.[说明]Referstoeachcompound.例8Aseriesoflowmolecularweightphenolphthaleinepoxyresins(Mn＝500～700)hasbeenpreparedfromphenolphthaleinandepichlorohydrinusingK2

5、CO3(Na2CO3)/H2OascatalystsinsteadofNaOH/H2O.→Aseriesoflowmolecularweightphenolphthaleinepoxyresins(Mn＝500～700)hevebeenpreparedfromphenolphthaleinandepichlorohydrinusingK2CO3(Na2CO3)/H2OascatalystsinsteadofNaOH/H2O.例9Experimentaldatathatweobtainedarecomparedwithpreviouslyrepo

6、rtedresults.[说明]Referstothedataasindividualresults.例10Afterthedataaredistributed,wecanmeettodiscussthem.→Afterthedataisdistributed,wecanmeettodiscussit.[说明]Referstothewholecollectionofdataasoneunit.例11Noneofthesampleswassoluble.→Noneofthesamplesweresoluble.[说明]Referstoindivi

7、duals.例12Thisgroupofworkersarewellawareoftheirresponsibilities.→Thisgroupofworkersiswellawareofitsresponsibilities.[说明]Referstothegroupasaunit.Unitsofmeasurementaretreatedascollectivenounsandthereforetakeasingularsubject.例13Themixturewasstirred,and5mLofdiluentwereadded.→Them

8、ixturewasstirred,and5mLofdiluentwasadded.例14FivegramsofNaCLwereaddedtotheso