英语四级考试易犯的英语语法错误.docx

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英语四级考试易犯的英语语法错误

1.SentencefragmentsMakesureeachwordgroupyouhavepunctuatedasasentencecontainsagrammaticallycompleteandindependentthoughtthatcanstandaloneasanacceptablesentence.我经常看到句子成分不全，或者两个句子不加任何连词的用在一起的情况，出现这种情况的原因有两个：1是句子太长，把作者自己搞晕了2是有些人还不清楚两个完整的句子不能排在一起而不加任何连词。还有一种情况是一个完整的单句带有有连词，却没有主句。或者将一个主从句断裂开了。第二个例句就是此类。SentenceFragmentTestsoftheShroudofTurinhaveproducedsomecuriousfindings.Forexample,thepollenofforty-eightplantsnativetoEuropeandtheMiddleEast.改正：TestsoftheShroudofTurinhaveproducedsomecuriousfindings.Forexample,theclothcontainsthepollenofforty-eightplantsnativetoEuropeandtheMiddleEast.原句：Scientistsreportnohumandeathsduetoexcessivecaffeineconsumption.Althoughcaffeinedoescauseconvulsionsanddeathincertainanimals.改正：Scientistsreportnohumandeathsduetoexcessivecaffeineconsumption,althoughcaffeinedoescauseconvulsionsanddeathincertainanimals.2.SentencesprawlToomanyequallyweightedphrasesandclausesproducetiresomesentences.过尤不及，虽然我们强调句子要有一定的复杂性，但是实际上老米教授、专家从来不主张过长的句子，读者也不爱看。不过，要达到精确而又不啰嗦的表达，的确是有难度的。SentencesprawlThehearingwasplannedforMonday,December2,butnotallofthewitnessescouldbeavailable,soitwasrescheduledforthefollowingFriday,andthenallthewitnessescouldattend.[Therearenogrammaticalerrorshere,butthesprawlingsentencedoesnotcommunicateclearlyandconcisely.]改正：Thehearing,whichhadbeenplannedforMonday,December2,wasrescheduledforthefollowingFridaysothatallwitnesseswouldbeabletoattend.3.MisplacedanddanglingmodifiersPlacemodifiersnearthewordstheydescribe;besurethemodifiedwordsactuallyappearinthesentence.MisplacedorDanglingModifierWhenwritingaproposal,anoriginaltaskissetforresearch.(错位)改正：Whenwritingaproposal,ascholarsetsanoriginaltaskforresearch.原句ManytouristsvisitArlingtonNationalCemetery,whereveteransandmilitarypersonnelareburiedeverydayfrom9:00a.m.until5:00p.m.本句最后是一个danglingmodifer悬虚的修饰成分，让人产生误解，此成分应该靠近发出动作的人或物改正：Everydayfrom9:00a.m.until5:00p.m.,manytouristsvisitArlingtonNationalCemetery,whereveteransandmilitarypers