so many comments/marks on the draft I wrote...Steve (my funny boss) helped me a lot on the writing...thanks to him!
- number 1 to 12 - should be writen in English (one, two...twelve)
"%" should never be in the texts...always use "percent" - the comma or period should be put inside the quatation mark...e.g. The "Kenneth Cole Stairs," a new VCE that is ...
- If using numbered/bullet list in the middle of a paragraph, don't use any punctuation at the end of each list, even for the last one in the list
- no punctuation at the end of each note list either
- never have blank cell in a table
- "i.e." equals to "that is"; so always use ", i.e.,"
- ***** it is assumed that / including: 1) ****; 2) ***** ; and 3) ****
- learn to use the following words: consist of, vertical capacity, travel (instead of go/get), traverse (横穿)
- never use words like "go", "get", "big" (--> large), "a little bit" (--> slightly)
- Unless it is a special name such as Kitty Kelly or Biltmore Room, don't capital the first letter to a normal word (e.g. shuttle passageway)
- if using "and" or "but" between two sentences, then we have to put "," before "and" or "but"
- if referencing a book/paper/manual, should use "italic"
- even though teacher taught us "Topic - Stress" that you should always put "stress" at the end of the sentence (e.g. To ***, ****); but if it's To + a long long sentence, the stress should be said first
- sometimes it's better to use "(see Table 5)" then to use "based on Table 5" or "as presented in Table 5"
- usually we only use one word before different numbers if it's repetitive. e.g.: Tables 5, 6, and 7 (pay attention to pl); for the years 2020 and 2030; between the years 2005 and 2030 (rather than between year 2005 and year 2030)
- Please observe the usage of preposition, such as in/on/within/at..etc.
- all + noun (no “the” before the noun)
- only figure could “show”; table “list”; discussion/results/analyses “indicate”, “focus on”, “center on”, “provided details”
- once you “ ” a jargon-ish type of word, the word is in your secrete – no need to keep using quotation marks!!
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