Making “Good” Better
使文章“好”上加好
The Better You Can Write English
the Better You Can Edit It
英文写的好则编的更好
Resources
资源篇
Spelling
拼写
Good online dictionaries to help with spelling:
帮助拼写检查的在线词典
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
• American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Ed.
Spellcheckers
拼写检查工具
but remember that it won’t catch mistakes like from/form, trial/trail…
但是拼写检查工具不能查出像from/form, trial/trail之类的拼写错误…
Stylebooks
写作与编辑手册
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th edition
• American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, 9th edition
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition
• The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors, 3rd edition
Grammar Books
语法参考书
• The Gregg Reference Manual
• The Little, Brown Handbook
Dictionaries
词典
• The American Heritage Dictionary
• Longman Dictionary of American English
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
• Oxford ESL Dictionary
Online Resources
在线资源
•The Purdue Writing Lab
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
•Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: a Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19900017394
•THE KEABLES GUIDE
https://sites.google.com/a/iolani.org/kg2/
•Punctuation Rules
http://englishplus.com/grammar/punccont.htm
•American Heritage Dictionary - Search
https://ahdictionary.com/
•The American Heritage dictionary of English Language
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
•Common Mistakes and Tricky Choices
http://englishplus.com/grammar/mistcont.htm
