科技英语写作语法错误举例

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

2、wosingularsubjectsjoinedby“and”causethiserror.例2GrowthandisolationofM13viruswasdescribed→GrowthandisolationofM13virusweredescribed.Exception:Asubjectthatispluralinformbutsingularineffecttakesasingularverb.例3Thenameandaddressofeachcontributorisgivenonthe

3、titlepage.例4Researchanddevelopmentisattractingagrowingnumberofyoungscientists.However,whentwoormoresubjectsarejoinedby“or”,theverbtakesthenumberoftheclosestsubject.例5Applicationoruseswerenoted.Usesorapplicationwasnoted.Collectivenounstakeasingularverbwh

4、enthegroupasawholeismeant,theytakeapluralverbwhenindividualsofthegrouparemeant.例6Theseriesisarrangedinorderofdecreasingsize.[说明]Referstotheseriesasaunit.例7Aseriesofcompoundsweretested.[说明]Referstoeachcompound.例8Aseriesoflowmolecularweightphenolphthalein

5、epoxyresins(Mn＝500～700)hasbeenpreparedfromphenolphthaleinandepichlorohydrinusingK2CO3(Na2CO3)/H2OascatalystsinsteadofNaOH/H2O.→Aseriesoflowmolecularweightphenolphthaleinepoxyresins(Mn＝500～700)hevebeenpreparedfromphenolphthaleinandepichlorohydrinusingK2C

6、O3(Na2CO3)/H2OascatalystsinsteadofNaOH/H2O.例9Experimentaldatathatweobtainedarecomparedwithpreviouslyreportedresults.[说明]Referstothedataasindividualresults.例10Afterthedataaredistributed,wecanmeettodiscussthem.→Afterthedataisdistributed,wecanmeettodiscuss

7、it.[说明]Referstothewholecollectionofdataasoneunit.例11Noneofthesampleswassoluble.→Noneofthesamplesweresoluble.[说明]Referstoindividuals.例12Thisgroupofworkersarewellawareoftheirresponsibilities.→Thisgroupofworkersiswellawareofitsresponsibilities.[说明]Refersto

8、thegroupasaunit.Unitsofmeasurementaretreatedascollectivenounsandthereforetakeasingularsubject.例13Themixturewasstirred,and5mLofdiluentwereadded.→Themixturewasstirred,and5mLofdiluentwasadded.例14FivegramsofNaCLwereaddedtothesolution