Part-I-Manuscript-form-&-Punctuation-marks

AbouttheCourseandtheText-booksThebasicaimofthewritingcourseistodeveloptheabilitytowritewholecompositions(oressays,theses,papers).Youwillbeaskedtowriteshortcompositionsof200–800wordsonyourlives,studies,experiencesandviewsonquestionsyouareinterestedin.Thatis,yourcompositionswilldealwithfacts.Thecourseisnoteverything.Youcan’tcountonittoomuch.“Giveyouafish,you’lleatforaday;teachyoutofishandyou’lleatforalifetime.”“Practicemakesperfect.”3books：1.秦寿生杨同福主编《实用写作教程PracticalWriting》高等教育出版社2.丁往道等编《英语写作手册AHandbookofWriting》外语教学与研究出版社3.陈立平主编《新编英语写作教程ANewEnglishCompositionCourse上、下册》西安交大出版社ManuscriptFormandPunctuationManuscriptFormIArrangementAboutthemarginAboutthetitle:capitalizethefirstletterofallthewordsinthetitleexceptarticles,coordinatingconjunctions(and,or,but,nor,for),shortprepositions,theinfinitive“to”.Eg.WhatReformMeanstoChinaThePeopleWithoutaCountryNoperiodisusedattheendofatitle.Youcanusequestionmarkorquotationmarks,andunderlinenamesofbooks.Indentingthefirstlineofeachparagraph,leavingaspaceoffourorfiveletters.Don’tbeginalinewithacomma,aperiod,asemicolon,acolon,questionmark,oranexclamationmark.Don’tendalinewiththefirsthalfofapairofbrackets,quotationmarks.Thehyphenthatindicatesadividedwordisputattheend,notatthebeginningofaline.IIWordDivisionThegeneralprincipleistodivideawordaccordingtoitssyllables.1.Onesyllablewordscannotbedivided.2.Neverwriteoneletterofawordattheendoratthebeginngofalineevenifthatonelettermakesasyllable,suchasa·lone,trick·y.3.Don’tputatwo-lettersyllableatthebeginningofaline,likestu-dy,careful-ly.4.Avoidseparatingpropernamesofpeopleorplaces,likeChina,Australia.5.Dividehyphenatedwordsonlyatthehyphen,likeempty-handed.6.Neverdivideawordinawaythatmaymisleadthereader,likepea-cock,re-ally.7.Don’tdividethelastwordonapage.Writethewholewordonthenextpage.8.Dividethewordswithprefixesorsuffixesbetweentheprefixorsuffixandthebasepartoftheword,suchasre-state-ment.9.Dividetwo-syllablewordswithdoubleconsonantsbetweenthetwoconsonants:strug-gle,shat-ter.Whenindoubtsconsultthedictionary.IIICapitalizationmainlyinthreeplaces:thefirstwordsofsentences,keywordsintitles,andpropernamesCapitalizethefollowing:1.whereilivedandwhatilivedfor(title)2.approachestoteachingenglishasaforeignlanguage(title)3.“mytriptomounttai,”hesaid,“wasinterestingbuttiring.”4.sheanswered,“atweekends.”1.WhereILivedandWhatILivedfor(title)2.ApproachestoTeachingEnglishasaForeignLanguage(title)3.“MytriptoMountTai,”hesaid,“wasinterestingbuttiring.”4.Sheanswered,“Atweekends.”PunctuationIspunctuationimportant?下雨天留客天留我不留WomanwithouthermanisnothingdearjohnIwantamanwhoknowswhatloveisallaboutyouaregenerouskindthoughtfulpeoplewhoarenotlikeyouadmittobeinguselessandinferioryouhaveruinedmeforothermenIyearnforyouIhavenofeelingswhatsoeverwhenwereapartIcanbeforeverhappywillyouletmebeyoursGloriaWoman,withouther,manisnothing.Woman!Withouther,manisnothing!Woman,withoutherman,isnothing./!DearJohn,Iwantamanwhoknowswhatloveisallabout.Youaregenerous,kind,thoughtful.Peoplewhoarenotlikeyouadmittobeinguselessandinferior.Youhaveruinedmeforothermen.Iyearnforyou.Ihavenofeelingswhatsoeverwhenwe'reapart.Icanbeforeverhappy—willyouletmebeyours?GloriaDearJohn,Iwantamanwhoknowswhatloveis.Allaboutyouaregenerous,kind,thoughtfulpeople,whoarenotlikeyou.Admittobeinguselessandinferior.Youhaveruinedme.Forothermen,Iyearn.Foryou,Ihavenofeelingswhatsoever.Whenwe'reapart,Icanbeforeverhappy.Willyouletmebe?Yours,Gloria1.TheComma(,)–usuallyindicatesapauseinasentence:WheneverImeether,sheseemsinhigh/low/poorspirits.–usedinacompoundsentencebeforetheconjunctionorconnective(and,but,or,for,so,nororyet)Heaskedthequestioninaloudvoice,butnooneanswered.Weweretired,andwedecidedtohavearest.Comeearly,oryou’llmisstheshow.Shecouldn’tgototheairporttomeethim,norcouldshesendanyoneinherstead.Itmusthaverainedlastnight,forthegroundiswet.Heisaneccentricboy,yetyoucan’thelplikinghim.--usedafteranadverbialclauseorphrase(includingaprepositionalphraseandaparticipalphrase)beforethesubjectofthesentenceorinthemiddleofthesentenceeg.Whenthebellrang,theteacherdismissedtheclass.Intheancientpalace,theysawthethronewhereempororsusedtosit.Toseetheimportanceofthisrailway,onehastolookatamap.BornandbroughtupintheSouth,sheisnotusedtoeatingwheat.Theaudience,interestedinthetopic,askedthespeakermanyquestions.--uesdtoseparateaseriesofwordsorphraseshavingthesamefunctioninthesentenceeg.Thelittlegirllikestosing,todance,andtoact.Shebuysbread,butter,vegetables,andmanyotherthingsfromthissupermarket.--Nonrestrictiveclausesandphrasesaresetoffbycommaseg.WangLing,whoisthebestsingeroftheclass,willteachustosingthesong.Hehadtoleavehishometown,wherehehadlivedeversincehewasborn.Dr.Li,thenewchairmanofthedepartment,willspeakatthemeeting.Anoldlady,noddingandsmiling,invitedusin.--Setoffparentheticalelementseg.Yourwork,I’msorrytosay,isnotsatisfactory.Thedirector,infact,hasdoneverylittlework.Tocallaspadeaspade,theexperimentwasafailure.Theyhavemanycourses:Chinese,English,Mathematics,History,tonamejustafew.--HabituallyusedinthefollowingplacesEg.Yes,Ithinkso.Sheisthenew