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Learn to Write in English (1)
I always come here to read blogs. Some friends write often, and I am sure they can make big progress if they keep on writing. What I want to say, however, is that our aim is not just to write more, but also write better, and it is certainly not enough to write as you like. I have found mistakes that occur often in my friends' blogs, and I have planned to write a series of blogs featuring on correct English writting. I have my meterials mostly from this book below, which is published by Foreign Language Teaching&Researching Press.
I want to start from the TITLE.
Title, as we all know, should be written in the middle. But some people just don't have any ideas about how to capitalize it.
Here are some tips which can be applied to your blog easily:
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Capitalize the first and the last words of the title;(标题第一个与最后一个单词首字母大写）
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You don't need to capitalize articles, coordinating conjunctions( and, or, but, nor, for ), short prepositions, and the to in infinitives;（冠词，关联词，如and, or, but, nor, for，字母比较少的介词，以及to不用大写）
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No period is used at the end of the title; （标题末尾不用句号）
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Use ? if the title is a direct question;（标题是直接问句，末尾用问号）
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Use "" with quotes or titles of articles.（标题有引用的内容或文章的题目用引号）
Here are some examples:
My First Visit to the Palace Museum
The People Without a Country （此处，without虽是介词，但由于字母较多，首字母大写）
Rules to Abide By（此处，by是字数比较少的介词，但由于在句尾，首字母大写）
What Can the Artist Do in the World of Today?（直接问句句末用问号）
What Reform Means to China（间接问句句末不用问号）
The Myth of a " Negro Literature"
The English-Speaking People in Quebec
Post comment Comment (9 replies)
- Reply Laura_Lucky
- I like to start writing from basic daily things .. also need some normal training book you recommand ...above ...this book will teach you how to constructure your sentence .but not words ... like space heater (电暖器)， hair tie(皮套) ponytail holder (皮套) ， hair slides (小发夹，常常是夹前额刘海的)。 hair clips (发夹)。 many things we just could learn from more basic reading ..
- Reply hirondelle
- Soar: I am looking forward your next blog. Thanks a lot.My pleasure!
- Reply hirondelle
- Laura_Lucky: I like to start writing from basic daily things .. also need some normal training book you recommand ...above ...this book will teach you how to constI think we should first learn to write correctly, then write well.
- Reply hirondelle
- loly90: That's very useful and helpful for us., thanks!Actually, this idea of writing such a series has long staying in my mind. But I don't have the courage to put it into action until this day.
My aim is to share with my friends the basic requirements of English writing.I hope my blogs can be useful to you!:-)
- Reply loly90
- hirondelle: Actually, this idea of writing such a series has long staying in my mind. But I don't have the courage to put it into action until this day.
My aim iOk, that's very nice, sure, i believe it will do us a favor, good!
- Reply hirondelle
- byxiamo: Thanks a lot. Before your artical I made a lot of mistakes.Well, I am glad my blog can be of some use to you.
