英语句子错误类型

Mistake Type 1.Ideas are not closely related

Faulty: Brought up by his grandparents, Tom became a successful writer.

Revised: Tom was brought up by his grandparents. He liked to write stories in his childhood. He became a famous writer in his thirties.

Mistake Type 2.Idea is not complete

Faulty: Bernard Shaw was one of the best-known playwrights.

Revised: Bernard Shaw was one of the best-known playwrights in 19th century.

Mistake Type 3.Faulty parallel construction

Faulty: Fred is energetic, capable, and a man you can rely on.

Revised: Fred is energetic and capable. You can rely on him.

Mistake Type 3.Pronoun with ambiguous reference

Faulty: Tell Helen, if she is at home, I will come to see her.

Revised: “If you are at home,” I said to Helen. “I will come to see you.”

Mistake Type 4.Dangling or misplaced modifier

Faulty: Listening attentively, a faulty sound was heard.

Revised: Listening attentively, Jerry heard a faulty sound.

Mistake Type 5.Confusing shifts in person and number, or in voice, tense, and mood

Faulty: What a good student should do is not to waste your time on computer games.

Revised: What a good student should do is not to waste his or her time on computer games.

Mistake Type 6.Wordy

Faulty: These watermelons are large in size and sweet in taste.

Revised: These watermelons are large and sweet.

Mistake Type 7.Repetition

Faulty: There are more books in their library than in our library.

Revised: There are more books in their library than in ours.

赵志鹏 刘娜 刘杰 郝瑞红 乔燕 魏晴