HavinganalysedthemostcommonEnglisherrorsmadeinover600academicpaperswrittenbyChineseundergraduates,postgraduates,andresearchers,SteveHarthaswrittenanessential,practicalguidespecificallyforthenativeChinesespeakeronhowtowritegoodacademicEnglish.EnglishExposed:CommonMistakesMadebyChineseSpeakersisdividedintothreemainsections.Thefirstsectionexamineserrorsmadewithverbs,nouns,prepositions,andothergrammaticalclassesofwords.Thesecondsectionfocusesonproblemsofwordchoice.Inadditiontohelpingthereaderfindtherightword,itprovidesinstructionforselectingtherightstyletoo.Thethirdsectioncoversavarietyofotherareasessentialfortheacademicwriter,suchasusingpunctuation,addingappropriatereferences,referringtotablesandfigures,andselectingamongvariousEnglishdateandtimephrases.
UsingEnglishExposedwillallowawritertoproducematerialwherecontentandideas—notlanguagemistakes—speaktheloudest.
EXPOSED ENGLISH CHINESE SPEAKERS NOUNS MADE
