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Section 4 A General Checklist for Revising（第1页）
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WhatYoushouldKnow
Revisihecetopreviewyourworkoheeventualreader。Revisionismuchmorethahoughinthefiageitinvolvessomegofdetails。Goodrevisioingsformamediocrefirstdraftifiismorework，butleadstorealsatisfayoufindyouhavesaidwhatyou>
Therearefourkindsofrevisions:（1）large-scalerevision;（2）small-scalerevisioing;（4）pr。
Revisionsusuallystartlargeandendsmall。Inglobalrevisions，youcheeralstructureby:
Makiructureisapleteandlogie。
&hatyraphsfollowthesequeopics。
gparagraphtransitions。
Inlocalrevisions，youreviseye（sentendwords）forvarietyandstyle。Youmaytakethestepsasfollows:
Pr。Readthewhcarefullyf，punandgrammaticalmistakes。
Revisiencesforvarietyandstyle。Revisesefolloatterntoavoidmonotony，andpayattentioone”or“voice”e。
Revisingwordsforadexaess。Usewordsthatbestmakeyourpoint，andremoveredundantandmeaninglesswordsorphrases。
Finally，donotfallihwhatyouhavewritten。Ifyoudo，youwillbehesitanttogeitevenifyouknowitisoutwithawthesis，anddonotaarriedtoit。Ilikeyit，seeingifyouarepatible，findingoutwhatitislikefromdaytoday。Ifabetterthesisesaloheoldone。Also，don’tthinkofrevisionasjustrew。Itisacetolookattheejustisolatedwordsaences。
LanguageFocus
RulesforCapitalizationinTitles
Therulesforcapitalizingtitlesvaryagtoaparticularstyleguide，suchasAssociatedPressStylebook（AP），anualofStyle，andMLAstyle。Theyallhavedifferentrulesforhoitalizetitles。Sowhieshouldyouchoose?endsifastyleisrequiredbyyourteacher，course，orsubjectfield。Forexample，MLAstyleisoheliberalartsorhumanities，styleispopularlyusedinjournalism。Oionistoestyle，orcheckthestylerequiredbyyourteadsticktoit。
GeleCase
Asdiscussedtherearesomeexstotherule;however，hereisonegeyouapplyforcapitalizializethefirst，lastandanyimportantwordsinatitle，whiownasTitleCaseorHeadliyle。
InTitles:DoCapitalize
&hesepartsofspeecharecapitalizedintitles。
Nouns（man，bus，book）
&ives（angry，lovely，small）
Verbs（ru，sleep）
Adverbs（slowly，quickly，quietly）
Pro）
Subs（as，because，that）
ICapitalize
