招生官们都说，留学申请文书要用对这些语法规则！| 留学干货

以下是高校招生官建议遵循的一些重要语法规则：

规则 1：修饰语（描述事物的单词或短语）应靠近其修饰的单词或短语。

示例：Purchased last week, the new preparation materials helped the student study.

常见错误：Purchased last week, the student studied with her new preparation materials.

规则 2：确保代词指代一个特定的名词，并与其指代名词的单数或复数形式保持一致。

示例：The professor is a favorite at the university, but he is now taking a semester off.

常见错误：The professor is a favorite at the university, but they were now taking a semester off.

规则 3：牢记句子主语，确保主语始终与动词保持一致。

示例：Each of the authors involved in writing the book was a sociologist.

常见错误：Each of the authors involved in writing the book were sociologists.

规则 4：当一个句子中存在两个或多个并列成分时，应使用同类语法形式。

示例：The teacher thought he was a good student because he turned in his papers on time, tested well on exams and appeared enthusiastic.

常见错误：The teacher thought he was a good student because he turned in his papers on time, tested well on exams and his enthusiasm was high.

规则 5：当主语是动作的执行者时，选择主动语态（而非被动语态）。

示例：After I spent the past semester meeting with my study group in the library, I decided to change the location.

常见错误：After meeting in the library with my study group for the past semester, changing locations was my decision.

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