因此,检查和校对对于英语邮件来说非常重要!进入正文前先给大家几个温馨提示:
1. 即使时间紧邮件写得很匆忙,也一定要检查
2. 把自己之前曾经写错的单词或者句子列出来,偶尔温习一下,避免再次出错
3. 利用电脑或软件上的自动拼写检查
一些其他常见的检查校对方面的提示,请看下文:
Words with similar sounds
有些单词在英文中发音一样,但是拼写不同,比如:
*Their not *hear yet. They're not here yet.
*Wear do you want to *meat? Where do you want to meet?
Short words
有一些很容易拼写,却也很容易写错的简单词汇。由于简单,所以打字很快的时候很容易笔误或者字母的顺序搞错,比如:
a lot *fo mistakes of
Thank you *fro your letter for
at *hte meeting the
Silent letters
有些单词含有不发音的字母,容易被忽略,比如:
know write wrong forward thought right interesting Wednesday Bye
Grammar: subject/verb agreement
语法方面,动词的时态也是经常容易出错的地方,比如第三人称加s:
The training *start at 9 a.m. starts
My plane *leave at 4.35. leaves
How long *do it take? does
How many times *have he been here? has
Punctuation
另外,不要忘记句子首字母大写,还有地点名称、时间、人名、月份等名词首字母大写:
We will be in Newcastle with MrsHamilton on March the 4th, in Manchester with DrKassu on Tuesday the 5th, and Birmingham with Andrea Este on the Thursday.
邮件的开头结尾部分常用都好;句号表示一个句子的结束且后面新句子要首字母大写;感叹号可以在给熟悉的朋友信中出现,但正式邮件中尽量避免。比如:
Hi Mark,
Thank you very much for all your help this week. You must be glad it's the weekend!
With best regards,
Pattie