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| schueler:englisch:language_and_style [21.11.2010 20:15] – Ingo Krause | schueler:englisch:language_and_style [26.01.2011 11:44] (aktuell) – Ingo Krause |
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| * **active/passive voice**: Make sure that you stick to standard English! Passive voice consists of the verb //to be// + past participle. (In informal, spoken American English, you will often hear a version that includes the verb //to get//.) Thus, the correct sentence reads: //She <del>got</del> __was bullied__ by the boy next door.// | * **active/passive voice**: Make sure that you stick to standard English! Passive voice consists of the verb //to be// + past participle. (In informal, spoken American English, you will often hear a version that includes the verb //to get//.) Thus, the correct sentence reads: //She <del>got</del> __was bullied__ by the boy next door.// |
| * **adverb vs. adjective** | * **adverb vs. adjective** |
| * **word order**, especially **position and order of adverbs**: Check [[http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm]] | * **word order**, especially **position and order of adverbs**: Check [[http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm]]. |
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| ==== Improve structure ==== | ==== Improve structure ==== |
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| * **linking phrases/connectors** to structure your text and to link paragraphs/sentences (e.g.: First, / Second, ... etc.; Furthermore, ... / Moreover, ...; //check [[http://www.flinders.edu.au/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=565C036F-D131-8865-5534-76353409B290&siteName=flinders|Flinders University help sheet]] | * **linking phrases/connectors** to structure your text and to link paragraphs/sentences (e.g.: //First, / Second, ... etc.; Furthermore, ... / Moreover, ...//; → Check this pdf-document: [[http://www.flinders.edu.au/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=565C036F-D131-8865-5534-76353409B290&siteName=flinders|Flinders University help sheet]]. |
| | * **paragraphing**: Paragraphs show the reader that you (= the author) are starting a new topic or thought, and that both your ideas and your writing are developing and moving towards the next step. This should be reflected in your use of paragraphs. Some information and exercises can be found here: [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/paragraphs/|BBC: Paragraphing]] and [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/english/writing/structure_paragraphs/revise1.shtml|BBC: Structure and Paragraphs]]. |
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| | ==== Style Sheets ==== |
| | If you are having difficulties with punctuation, hyphenation, etc., these style sheets may help: |
| | * [[http://www.ox.ac.uk/document.rm?id=1035|University of Oxford: Writing and Style Guide]] |
| | * [[http://www.docstyles.com/mlacrib.htm|MLA Style Sheet(long version)]] //(The Modern Language Association (MLA), New York, has published the so-called __MLA Handbook__ which helps you with how to do research and cite properly. The guidelines describe rules of formatting text, incl. spacing, citation, punctuation, etc.)// |
