Manuscript Form
What
is good manuscript form?
•Do everything according to rules:
•1.writing the title;
•2.leaving margins
•3.indenting
•4.capitalizing
•5.dividing wording
* Clear and beautiful handwriting!!
What
should you do in your writing?
•1.Workcarefully, write neatly and clearly;
•2.Tryto make as few mistakes as possible;
•3.Beforehanding in your essay, proofread it once or twice.
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Arrangement
1. Leave a margin on each side of thepaper — about 2centimeters at the top and 37.5px at the left, the right and thebottom.
2. In an exercise book the top andthe bottom margins are already there,so you need only to draw a vertical line to mark the left margin.
3.You can’t make the right margin very straight, but youmust not write to the edge of the paper. When there is not enough space left for aword, write it on the next line if it can’t be divided.there must be some blank space on the right side of thepaper.
Title writing rules:
1.Write the title in the middle of the first line.
2. Capitalize the firstand last words of the title andall other words (including words following hyphens in compound words) exceptarticles, coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor, for), shortprepositions and the toin infinitives.
3. No period is used at the end of a title.
•4. Use a question mark if the title is a direct question, but do not use one if it is an indirect question.
(1)我第一次参观故宫
My First Visit to the Palace Museum
(2)失去祖国的人民
The People Without a Country
(3) 应当遵守的规则
Rules to Abide By
(4) 在魁北克地区讲英语的民族
The English-SpeakingPeople in Quebec
在当今世界艺术家们能做些什么
WhatCan the Artist Do in the World of Today?
改革对于中国意味着什么
WhatReform Means to China
•5.Use quotation markswithquotes or titles of articles
“黑人文学”的神话
The Myth of a “Negro Literature”
•6.Underline or italicize namesof books
狄更斯和《大卫科波菲尔》
Dickens and DavidCopperfield
(Dickens and David Copperfield )
Lines
1.Indentthe first line of every paragraph, leaving a space of about four or five letters.
2. For paging use Arabic numerals without parenthesesor periods in the upper right-hand corner of all pages. The first page need notbe marked
3. Do not begin a line with punctuation ( , . ; :?!);
Do not end a linewith [ “(
The hyphenthat indicates a divided word is put at the end, not at the beginning of aline.
Punctuation
1. Period (full stop) (.):at the end of a complete sentence.
e.g.Every student should learn to be polite.
2. Comma(,): apause within a sentence.
e.g.When he came, I was cleaning the room.
3. Colon(:): to introduce an explanation, a summary, or an appositive.
e.g.She showed me the books: two novles and a book on English literature.
4. Semicolon(;): betweentwo coordinate clauses not linked by a conjunction (and,but, or...).
e.g. No one is born wiht knowledge; knowledge must be taught and learned.
5. Question mark(?):aftera direct quetion
e.g. Did you study English at your college?
6. Exclamation mark(!):after an exclamatory sentence.
e.g. What a nice day!
7. Quotation marks(" ") (' '):
Double quotation marks are used to enclosedirect quotations ;single quotation marks are used to enclose a quotationwithin a quotation;
e.g."Shall I turn off the radio?" he asked his mother.
" What do you mean by 'evolutionarymechanism'?" he asked.
