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Section 3 Local RevisionsLanguage and style（第1页）

Se3:LocalRevisions（Layle）

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Localrevisionsaimatrefiningthelayleiomakeyourworkmorepleasahisrequiresagreatdealofpatiendacayhavetoreviseessaysseveraltimesbeforeyoudecidethattheyaresatisfaeetalltherequirementsdefinedbyyourstructor.

1.Pr

Prmeansexaminicarefullytofindaypographiistakesingrammar，style，andspelling.Mostpeopledevoteoest，hopingtoyglarihatjumpoutfromthepage.Butaquidcurs，especiallyafteryou’vebeenwandhardonapaper，usuallymissesalot.Itisbettertoworkwithadefihathelpsyoutosearchsystematicallyforspedsoferrors.

Hereissomeadviyadvice:

·Doirelyonspellihesebeusefultoolsbuttheyarefarfromfoolproof.Spellcheckershavealimiteddiary，sosomeasmisspelledmayreallyjustheirmemory.Inaddition，spellcheckerswillnotcatchmisspellingsthatformanothervalidword.Forexample，ifyoutype“your”

insteadof“you’re”

“to”

ioo”

or“there”

iheir”

thespellche’tcatchtheerror.

·Grammarchebeevenmoreproblematic.Theseprogramsworkwithalimitednumberofrules，sotheyotidentifyeveryerrorandofteakes.Theyalsofailtogivethhexplanationstohelpyouuandwhyasentenceshouldberevised.Youmaywanttouseagrammarcheckertohelpyouideialruoo-frequehepassivevoice，butyouoevaluatethefeedbackitprovides.

·Readslowly，andreadeverywoutloud，whichforcesyoutosayeadalsoletsyouhearhowthewordssouher.Whelyortooquiayskipovererrorsormakeunsciouss.

·Circleeverypunark.Thisforcesyoutolookateae.Asyoucircle，askyourselfifthepuniscorrect.

&hepaperbackwards.Thisteiqueishelpfulfspelling.Startwiththelastwordopageandworkyourwaybacktothebeginning，readingeachwordseparately.Betent，pun，andgrammarwon’tmakeanysense，yourfocuswillbeehespellingofeachword.Youalsoreadbackwardsseeocheckgrammar;thiswillhelpyouavoidbeingdistractedbytissues.

·Ignorancemaybebliss，butitwillnotmakeyouabetterproofreader.Youwilloftenfindthingsthatdoerighttoyou，butyoumayesurewhatiswroher.Awordlookslikeitmightbemisspelled，butthespellche’tcatchit.Youthinkyouneedaabetords，butyou’renotsurewhy.Shouldyouuse“that”

insteadof“which”

?Ifyou’resomething，lookitup.

Table1SymbolstoUseinPr

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Activity3-1:Aprpractice

Thefollowiairytofindahem.

2.Revisiencesforvarietyandstyle

a.Revisiencesforvariety

&yiseasytnizeameansamixturethatisnotmonotonous.Style，oherhand，isopinpoint.Itspresenapieceisunmistakablebutnotshowy.Liketact，styleisspiitsabseleinitspresence.Apassagethatmonotohesamekiendainisnot，itisalsowithoutstyle.

&liketobegiwosentenarowwiththesameword;aliketoehaenarowwiththesameword，either.Ouraimistowriteasuofsedofromacookiecutter.Ifyoufindyourselfusiehesamekindinarow，gobaaterialahemforthesakeofvariety.

Activity3-2:gsentencesforvariety

Thefollraphreadsalittlemonotonousiyle.Couldyourevisethesesentencesforvariety?

&ryisregardedbymaliteraryartform.Poetryisseennoopularform.Poetryusedtobereadverywidelybythemiddleclasses.Perenjoysthatdistindtodayishardlyreadbyanyone.

Myrevisedversion: