斯坦福SCI论文写作课笔记（四）

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2.5 practice examples

2.6 A few grammar tips

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2.5 practice examples

• 去掉副词
• 去掉一些含糊不清的词（如important）
• 主语和中心动词之间距离不要过大

2.6 A few grammar tips

• The word “data” is plural. (复数)
• e.g. These data show an unusual trend.

The data are critical.

• Affect is the verb “to influence”.
• Effect is the noun form of this influence
• Compare to = to point out similarities between different things.
• Compare with **(used more often in science) = to point out difference between similar things.

e.g. Shall I compare the to a summer’s day?

Brain tumors are relatively rare compared with more common cancers, such as those of the …

• “That” is the restrictive(defining) pronoun （有限制）
• “Which” is the nonrestrictive(non-defining) pronoun  （无限制）

That和which的关键是：句子中的限制是必要的还是不必要的，必要的用that, 限制信息可有可无用which

e.g. The bike that is broken in the garage.

(用that表示有很多自行车坏在车库里，这里单独指代其中一辆坏的自行车)

The bike, which is broken, is in the garge.

（用which表示只有一辆自行车坏了，不用限制没有指代别的自行车，添加特点额外信息）

• Singular antecedents (注意名词使用的单复数)
• e.g Each student worries about their grade. (False)

Each student worries about her grade. (True)