英语写作手册英文版知识点.doc

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Part One
Manuscript Form
  You should do everything - writing the title, leaving margins, indenting, capitalizing.
Ⅰ. Arrangement排版
        Write the title in the middle of the first line. Capitalize the first and last words of the title and all other words (including words following hyphens in pound words) exceptarticles, coordinatingconjunctions(and, or, but, nor, for), prepositions, and the to in infinitives.
Indent the first line of every paragraph, leaving a space of about four or five letters.
        
Ⅱ. Word Division移行
     The general principle is to divide a word according to its syllables. Pay attention to the following:
    One-syllable words like through, march, brain and pushed cannot be divided.
     Do not write one letter of a word at the end or at the beginning of a line, even if that one letter makes up a syllable, such as a. lone, trick. y.
     Do not put a two-letter syllable at the beginning of a line, like hat. ed, cab. in.
     Avoid separating proper names of people or places, like Chi. na, Aus. ten.
     Divide hyphenated words only at the hyphen: father-in-law, empty-handed.
Do not divide words in a way that may mislead the reader: pea. cock, re. ally.
     Do not divide the last word on a page. Instead, write the whole word on the next page.
Divide words with prefixes or suffixes between the prefix or suffix and the base part of the word: re. state. ment, un. relent. ing.
Divide two-syllable words with double consonants between the two consonants:
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strug. gle, shat. words is not always easy. When in doubt, consult a dictionary
Ⅲ. Capitalization大写
Capitals are used mainly at three places: the first words of sentences, key words in titles, and prop