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两个句子之间用accordingly, besides, so, then, therefore or thus连接，则用”；”而不用”,”例如：I had never been in the place before;so I had difficulty in finding my way about.注意：少用so,因为so很容易被滥用。可以用as+句子1，句子2.如果句子很短，而且“对仗”性强，则不用分号用逗号就行。
如： Man proposes, God disposes. Make the paragraph the unit of composition
one paragraph to each topic.一句话不能单独成为一个段落(除非是过度段)
As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence;end it in conformity with the beginning
如果是议论文，则每一段的写作框架：
1.The topic sentence comes at or near the beginning
2.The succeeding sentences explain or establish or develop the statement made in the topic
sentence;and
3.The final sentence either emphasizes the thought of the topic sentence or states some important
consequence.(段落结尾偏离段落论点或者不重要得细节是大忌)
段落中支撑段首中心句的方式：
1.Restating topic sentence in other forms
2.给topic sentence当中的某些用语下定义
3.否定topic sentence的反面
4.举例子
5.Showing the implications and consequences of the topic sentence
如果段落是叙述或描写形式， 多使用主动语态
切忌使用多重被动语态
如（NG用法）：Gold was not allowed to be exported.He has been proven to have been seen entering the bus..切忌使用动词的名字形式作为主语然后用被动语态
如 Mobilization of the army was rapidly carried out.Mobilization可以直接作为谓语，这里用be carried out做谓语太累赘，应该改成：The army was rapidlymobilized.对比: The export of gold was prohibited.这里用export的名字形式，是因为export没有was prohibited的意味，所以可以这样使用被动语态。
主题句一定用积极语态，不要用否定形式。
如：不要用He was not very often on time, 而应该用He usually came late.在主题句里，it’s better to如 not honest------dishonest
注意：Every word should tell and being concise is the key!
例如： The question as to whether 改成 whether the question
There is no doubt but that 改成no doubt(doubtle)
Used for fuel purposes改成used for fuel
He is a man who改成he
In a hasty manner改成hastily
This is a subject which改成this subject
His story is a strange one改成his story is strange.“the fact that”不能用！就是一个超级搓的词组
如owing to the fact that 改成since(because)
In spite of the fact that改成although
The fact that he had not succeeded改成his failure
The fact that I had arrived改成my arrival
不要一连串句子都用which, who, where, and, but, while…
对应的idea应该用相平行的句型！
如：Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method;and now it is taught by the lab method
