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English for Academic Purposes

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Accuracy in Speaking and Writing (2)

Anca GataCOPYRIGHT TO Andy Gillett

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Proof-Reading Written English

Prepositions

Prepositions are very common in academic

writing. They are more difficult to correct, but

many mistakes are simply avoided by proof-

reading. There are some rules you can learn,

but it is very useful to remember typical

phrases that occur in your subject.


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Word Order

Many mistakes are simply avoided by proof-reading.

Whenever you learn a new word, it is useful tolearn typical situations in which it occurs. Youneed to know in which subjects it is used, whatkinds of texts it is used in, and which other words

it typically occurs with. Look at the examplesentences in your dictionary and find examples ofthe uses of the word in your text-books.


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Word Order

You can use the Internet to help you with this.Type any word or phrase - use "quotation marks"to search for a phrase - into a search engine andexamine the results. You will often find hundredsof examples of the use of the word or phrase. Youneed to look at the examples carefully to seewhat kind of writing they are from. There are,

though, many examples of academic, businessand government texts on the Internet andexamples from these sources should be useful.


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Nouns

1. Check your plurals.

Read the following sentences and notice the

plural nouns. There are certain problems associated with the

concept of a delinquent subculture.

If a student of British politics demanded some

precepts to guide his research, the compilerwould have little difficulty about the first andmost significant maxim in the creed.


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Nouns

1. Check your plurals.

Nicolson's account is far too discreet, and

obscures some of the most important features ofthe crisis.

The three main works are all rather slight whenthey come to tackle the complexities of theLiberal attitude during the crisis.

The first step towards understanding the crisis of1931 is to distinguish between different types ofcoalition government.


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Nouns

2. Check your countable/uncountable nouns.

Read the following text and notice the countable

and uncountable nouns. The resources of society consist not only of the

free gifts of nature, such as land, forests, andminerals, but also of human capacity, bothmental and physical, and all sorts of man-madeaids to further production such as tools,machinery and buildings.

An introduction to positive economics. R. G. Lipsey.


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Nouns

2. Check your countable/uncountable nouns.

Read the following text and notice the countable

and uncountable nouns. The resources of society consist not only of the

free gifts of nature, such as land, forests, andminerals, but also of human capacity, bothmental and physical, and all sorts of man-madeaids to further production such as tools,machinery and buildings.

An introduction to positive economics. R. G. Lipsey.


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Nouns

3. Check the order of modifiers.

When a noun has two or more premodifiers,

these tend to occur in a certain order. Read the following phrases and notice the order

of the premodifiers before the head noun.

Suppose instead we have a horizontal supplycurve.

There were some very young business students.


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Nouns

3. Check the order of modifiers.

McDonald's see this as a way of meeting the demand

for relatively cheap and easily available sustenance. Other fragmentary legislation is to be found in recent

years.

Such a case might still be regarded as a most serious

non-fatal offence. There is a short history of interruption in the more fully

commercial system of US broadcasting.


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References

Smith, F. (1982). Writing and the writer. London:Heinemann.

Wallace, M. J. (1980). Study skills in English.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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