【Writing】记录一：名词复数形式-可数名词和不可数名词

参考书目：English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar
书到用时方恨少，平时没有积累，一到英文写作的时候就抓瞎。最近开始看看这本英语参考资料，记录一下自己在英文写作时候会犯的错误。

1. 名词复数形式

YES	NO	备注
The increase was 3-fold.	The increase was 3-folds.	在英文论文中经常说分为以下三个部分的句子，这里的fold不用加复数形式
Several points of view have been put forward in the literature.	Several point of views have been put forward in the literature.	复数形式加在point上，several修饰的是point

2. 可数名词和不可数名词

YES	NO	备注
We used X as input , and Y as output .	We used X as an input, and Y as an input.	这在论文写作中也是很常见的一种表达，很容易就加上了an
An analysis of the data showed that …	Analysis of the data showed that … …
The news is good – our manuscript has been accepted.	The news are good – our manuscript has been accepted.
Our institute only has a little money available for funding.	Our institute only has few money available for funding.
She has expertise in this field.	She has an expertise in this field.
I have done several jobs both in industry and research.	I have done several works both in industry and research.
We need a software application .	We need a software .
We have a training course tomorrow	We have a training tomorrow.