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1、ManuscriptForm andPunctuationI.ManuscriptForm1.Arrangement1)Whenwewriteanessaytobereadbytheteacher,weshouldwriteoneveryotherlinesothattherewillberoomforcorrections.Itisnecessarytoleaveamarginofabouttwocentimetersatthetopandthebottomofthepage,andoneofacentimeterandahalfontherightandleftside.2)Thetit
2、leortopicoftheessayshouldbeplacedinthemiddleofthefirstline.Everywordofthetitle(includingwordsfollowinghyphensincompoundwords)shouldbecapitalized,exceptarticles,prepositions,coordinatingconjunctions(and,or,but,nor,andfor)andtoininfinitives.Butifoneofthesewordsisthefirstorlastwordofthetitle,itshouldb
3、ecapitalized.Topicsaregenerallynounphrases(nounswiththeirmodifiers),thoughotherformsarepossible.Nofullstopshouldbeusedattheendofatitle.Aquestionmarkisneededifthetopicisadirectquestion(butanindirectquestionisnotfollowedbyaquestionmark).Thetitleofabookwithinthetopicshouldbeunderlined(italicizedinprin
4、ting),andthetitleofanarticleputbetweenquotationmarks.Belowaresomeexamples:MyImpressionsofBeijingTheWallBetweenWhereDoAlltheNewWordsComeFrom?WhatTraditionsMeantotheChineseAClean,Well-LightedPlaceDifferentViewsonJaneEyreInterpretationsofRobertFrost’s“FireandIce”3)Thefirstlineofeveryparagraphshouldbei
5、ndented(startedafteraspaceoffourorfiveletters).4)Arabicnumeralsaregenerallyusedforpaging.Theycanbeputeitherintheupperright-handcornerorinthemiddlebelowthelastlineofeverypage.5)Alineisneverbegunwithacomma,aperiod,asemicolon,acolon,aquestionmarkoranexclamationmark;alineneverendswiththefirsthalfofapai
6、rofbracketsorquotationmarks.Thehyphenthatshowsawordisdividedisputattheend,notatthebeginning,ofaline.2.WordDivisionThefollowinghintsmaybehelpfultousinthedivisionofwords:One-syllablewordsuchascount,healthandthoughtcannotbedivided.Wordswithtwoormoresyllablescanbedividedaccordingtotheformationofsyllabl
7、es:re·peat,in·sist,punc·tual,san·dal,de·cline,trans·la·tionAstressedclosesyllableusuallytakesaconsonantwithit:ded·i·cate,grat·i·fy,la·bor·a·to·ry,fin·ishAconsonantplus–leistreatedasasyllable:min·gle,peo·ple
