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　　1.Introduction

　　Weliveinaworldofwords.Hardlyanymomentpasswithoutsomeonetalking,writing,orreading.SincewelearnEnglish,writingisanessentialpart.Englishteachingprogramandexamprogramofband4and6raisesomecertaindemandsonEnglishwriting.Theyrequestthatstudentscanusethelanguagepointsfreely,writeacompositionwhosecontentiscoherentandthereisnobiggrammarerroraccordingtothefixedtitleinhalfanhour.Butfromthepastyear’sresultofeaxminatios,thescoreofwritingisobviouslylowerthanotherparts.Someexamineesfailinwordsspelling;

evensomeexamineesfailinusingofgrammar;

somefailintheorganizationofwholecomposition;

evensomeexamineescannotusepunctuationmarkcorrectly.Allthoseerrorsareusuallyseeninmanywritings.IfstudentswannttolearnEnglishwellorjustgetahighscore,theymusttaketheseerrorsseriously.Inthispaper,therewillbesomesolutionsforreferences.

　　2.ErrorsinWriting

　　2.1ErrorsinPunctuation.

　　Punctuationhelpstoclarifyandsometimesemphasizethemeaningofthesentence.Itisnecessarytolearntouseallthepunctuationmarkscorrectly.Butmanystudentsmakemistakesinthisarea.Suchasinthefollowingsentence:

Becauseoftheinventionoftheairplane.Theworldisgettingsmallerandsmaller.Wecaneasilyfindthemistakeinpunctuation.Theperiod,insteadofcomma,shouldappearinthissentence.Thetripwasnotverywellplannedorprepared.Therefore,itwasnotapleasantone.Here,theperiodshouldbereplacedbysemicolon.Conjunctiveadverbslikehowever,therefore,hence,nevertheless,moreover,thus,otherwise,besides,etc.,shouldnotbeusedasconjunctionstolinktwocoordinateclauses.Theyshouldbeprecededbyasemicolon,notacomma.Theerrorsinpunctuationcanbeseeninmanywritings.Wemustpaymoreattentiontothisaspect.

　　2.2DemonstrativePronounUnclear.

　　Duringusingpronoun“it”,“he”,“this”,“that”etc.,explicitantecedentsshouldturnup.However,manystudentspossiblyveryclearwhatthepronounsrefertowhentheyusethesepronouns.Butinpassagethereislackofantecedentsorexpressingunclear.Thiscausesmeaningvaguely.Forexample:

Shetoldmysisterthatshewaswrong.Here,thefaultysentenceisapronounwithambiguousreference.Thesecondsheinthesentencemayrefertothesubject“mysister”.Therevisedsentenceis:

“I’mwrong,”shesaidtomysister.Thiskindoferrorsiscommonlyseeninwriting.

　　Useaperiod“fullstop”attheendofacompletesentence,howevershortitis.

　　Donotuseacommatojointwocoordinateclauses;

useacommaandaconjunction,orasemicolon.

　　Makeyourcommasdifferentfromyourperiod.Acommahasalittletail“,”;

aperiodisadot“.”,notatinycircle“。

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　　Useaquestionmarkattheendofadirectquestion;

donotuseoneattheendofanindirectquestion.

　　Usetheexclamationmarkonlyafteranemphaticinterjectionorwordsthatexpressverystrongmotion.Donotoveruseit.

　　Putdirectspeechbetweenquotationmarks.Thesubjectandverbthatintroduceaquotationmaybeputbefore,after,orinthemiddleofthequotation.

　　3.2ToUseClearPronoun

　　Writingisaunitofthought;

itisatonceaunitinitselfandpartofalargewhole,thatis,theessay.Pronounsplayanimportantroleinunityofthewriting.Whenusingit,youmustmakesurethatotherpeoplecanunderstand,notanambiguousone.Thebasicprincipleisthatthewholeshouldbelogicallyconnected.Inotherwords,theideadeterminesthechoiceofthepronoun,nottheotherwayround.Whenwriting,studentsshouldusepronouns.Butwhatthepronounreferstoshouldkeepconsistentofgenderandnumber.Otherwisethiswillmixupthemeaning.

　　3.3ToBeConsistent

　　Consistencemeansclearandreasonableconnection

　　betweenparts.Asentenceiscoherentwhenitswordsorpartsareproperlyconnectedandtheirrelationshipsunmistakableclear.Itisnotcoherentifithasfaultyparallelconstructions,pronounswithambiguousreference,danglingormisplacedmodifiers,confusingshiftsinpersonandnumber,orinvoice,tense,andmood.Whenwriting,studentsmustpayattentiontotheunitywhichisthequalityofaneffectivesentence.Andmakesuretheunifiedsentenceexpressasinglecompletethought.Youcanreadthemasterpiecesoffamouswritersasmanyasyoucan.Beforehandinginyourwriting,youshouldproofreaditonceortwice.

　　Prographunityisusuallyachievedthroughthe

　　“leadership”oftheparagraph---thetopicsentence.Thetopicsentenceisthecentraltheme,summarizingthemainideatobeexpressedintheparagraph.Althougumostparagraphswouldhavethetopicsentenceatthebeginning,therearecasesinwhichthetopicsentenceisplacedinthemiddleoftheparagraphorattheendofit.Butnomatterwherethetopicsentenceappears,therestsentencesmustallbehangingcloselyaroundthatcentralideaorthemerepresentedbythetopicsentence.Whileunityismainlyconcernedwiththecoordinationofthesubordinatingsentenceswiththetopicsentence,coherencislarglyconcernedwiththenaturalandlogicalmovementsflowofsentencesinparagraph.Toachievecoherence,eachsentenceinparagraphshouldbesoarrangedthatitfollowsnaturallyfromtheprevioussentenceandideassmoothlytothenext.Sentencesthatexpressrelativelyunimportantideasshouldbealwayssubordinatedtothosethatcontainthemoreimportantones;

inparticular,themainideaoftheparagraphshouldbeadequatelyandforcefullyexpressed.

　　3.4UseRightConjunction

　　Conjunctionsplaysuchanimportantrolethatwithout

　　them,theEnglishlanguagewouldnotbecomplete.Infact,itisthoseconjunctionswhichbridgetherelationbetweentwonounsandbetweensomeverbsandsomenouns,withoutwhichthereisno“communication”betweencertaingroupsofwords.Indeed,nolanguagecanbeawell-knittedandcompletelanguagewithoutconjunction!

Conjunctionsareneverusedalone:

theyalwaysgotogetherwithotherwords.Therefore,thefunctionsofconjunctionsdependonthecompanyofotherwords.Thepartsthatconjunctionslinktomustbelogicalandacceptable.Inotherwords,theconjunctionisneededhere.Withoutitthesentencewillbedullorbecomeswrong.Usingconjunctiosproperlycanshowyourlinguisticcompetenceofwriter.Andthiscan“weight”yourwriting.

　　Conjunctiveadverbslikehowever,therefore,hence,nevertheless,moreover,thus,otherwise,besides,etc.,shouldnotbeusedasconjunctionstolinktwocoordinateclauses.Becauseofnouseornotgoodatusingconjunctionsortransitionaladverbtoexpressallkindoflogicalrelations,thesentencewillbenotcorrect.AsbeforesaidtheEnglishisalanguagewhichweshouldpayattentiontothehypotasis.WhenlearningwritingofEnglish,oneshouldtakenoteofthislanguagephenomenon.OnlyinthiswaycanwereducetheinfluencetoEnglishcausedbythecharacterofChinesesyntax.

　　3.5OvercomeChineseEnglish

　　3.5.1Collectmorelanguagepointsandcontrastthe

　　harmonyanddifferenceoftwolanguagesandlearnthinkinginEnglish

　　Thatistosaylearnershouldoftencontrastthe

　　vocabulary,commonlyusedwords,sentencepatternandthehabitsofthinkingetcofEnglishandChinese,knowtheharmonyanddifference.What’smore,Englishisnotthemothertongue,isnotonlytheskillofmasteringalanguage,alsolearningtouseanotherlanguagetoexpressthoughts.So,nohelpfromChinesetranslation,directlyusingthinkingofEnglishcaneventuallyovercomeChinesestyleEnglish.

　　3.5.2RecitemoretostrengthenthetrainingofEnglishlinguisticsense.

　　Manygracefulsentencesandparagraphsfromtextsandmagazines,theaddressofpresidentsetc.,thesematerialshavegracefulcharactersandsubstantialcontentisnotonlyinterestingbutalsouseful.Recitemoreandstudentscanlearnmorerightexpression.ThisistheprocessoftrainingEnglishilinguisticsense.StepbystepChinesestyleEnglishcanbeavoidedinsense.Thus,thestudentscanimprovetheirEnglish.

　　3.5.3Practisemore

　　ChinesewriteinEnglishandcauseChinesestyleEnglish,andthisisessentialstageoflearningEnglishwriting.Todifferentpeople,thisstagewillbeshortorlong,theproblemwillbemoreorfew.OnordinarydaysstedentsshouldwriteinEnglish,studyandtrainhard,andseekadvicefromteachersorpersonsofhighleveltorectifyChinesestyleEnglish.Thus,thestudentscanimprovetheirEnglish.

　　4.Conclusion

　　Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyour

　　countryhasbeeninvolvedinthebigmarketofthewholeworldstepbystep.TheworldtodayisnolongertheworldofthetimesoftheSilkRoadorMarcoPolo.Thisistheachievementoftheprogressofhumancivilization.ThehistoricalexperiencesofbothChinaandotherc