2014考研：英语写作六大错误汇总

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要想让一篇作文很出彩，首先得保证构成文章的每一个句子是正确的，其次才会上升到去考虑措词的准确性。就常见的错误给大家做了一个汇总，希望大家能够引起足够的重视。
        A. 主谓一致：The number of sth is decreasing.
    A great number of sth are….
        B. 时态语态：
    描述图画用进行时: doing
    As is shown in the picture, there is sb doing sth, suggesting sth/with sb doing sth.
    描述图表用过去时: 完成时
    As is illustrated by the chart, there was an obvious increase/a dramatic decrease in the number of sth from 1998 to 2008.
    There has been an increase…(from 1998 to 2013)
    The number of sth has been increasing…
    预测趋势用一般将来时: will
    The situation will develop for the/a better/worse direction.
        C. 名词的数：
    phenomenon phenomena/phenomenons
    medium media
    bacterium bacteria
        D. 介词搭配
    insist on persist in
        I insist that we should do sth.
    I insist on doing sth. I persist in doing sth.
        E. 单词大小写及拼写错误
    题目的大小写（除冠词、连词和介词外， 其他词原则上都应该第一个字母大写）;
    Human Needs and Wants
    每句话的第一个字母和直接引语的第一个字母要大写;
    He said, “He is going to Shanghai next week”.
    专有名词（人名，地名）和缩写字母要大写；
    头衔在专有名词前要大写，在专有名词后则小写；
    Caption Smith——Smith, the captain
    Uncle George——George, my uncle
    F. 标点符号
    写文章时，切忌从头到尾只用逗号的现象；要正确使用逗号和分号。