示例：孩子们心理上不太成熟，以至于不能够区分正确和错误的。

错误：Children are so immature psychologically that they can't distinguish between right and wrong.

正确：Children are so immature psychologically that they cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

在规范性写作中，一定要避免缩写，这是美国大学中学术写作的基本要求。因此，can't，don't，doesn't，won't应该替换成cannot，can not，do not，does not，will not.

示例：在游戏过程中，孩子们可以锻炼两种不同的核心能力：计划和管理资源的能力以及双手眼协调能力。

错误：When playing video games,children could develop 2 crucial skills:planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.

正确：When playing video games,children could develop two crucial skills:planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.

在英语写作中，1-10的数字需要“写出来”，而且阿拉伯数字不能用在句子的开头。

示例：学生们有很多种形式获得教授们的鼓励

错误：Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take a lot of forms.

正确：Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take many forms.

在写作中，a lot of/lots of表示为“许多”，较为不正式，通常使用much或many等表示。

示例：人们对于学前教育对孩子学术成绩和个人发展的影响十分关注。

错误：Great attention has been paid to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.

正确：Parents are paying growing attention to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.

在写作中，用“主动语态”代替“被动语态”。

示例：曼德拉从未停止过种族平等运动的抗争，虽然他曾入狱。

错误：Mandela never stopped camaigning for racial equality, despite the fact he was incarcerated.

正确：Mandela never stopped camaigning for racial equality,despite of his incarcerated.

在写作中，删除不必要的词，如几乎所有的fact，包括：owing to the fact that...,in speite of the fact that...,call your attention to the fact that...,I was unaware of the fact that...等。

示例：热情使我坚持自己的信念，并督促我完成艰难的任务。

错误：Passion is the thing that holds ma belief and propels me to finsh the difficult task.

正确：Passion is the essential power that holds my belief and propels me to finsh the difficult task.

Thing的使用使得语言过于抽象、含糊，因此需要换成具体的“实义”名词。

示例：这些路几乎不能通行。但是，我们最终还是到达了营地。

错误：The roads were almot impassable.However, we at last succeeded in reaching camp.

正确：The roads were almot impassable.At last,however we succeeded in reaching camp.

However意义相当于nevertheless，在句子或从句中通常不在句首出现。