The Most Common Habits from more than 200 English Papers written by Graduate Chinese Engineering Students
By Felicia Brittman
This paper presents some of the most common Chinese-English habits observed
from over two hundred English technical papers by Chinese writers. The habits are
explained and in most cases, example text from an actual paper is given along with
preferred text. An attempt is made to explain how to correct and prevent such mistakes.
In some cases a possible explanation of why the habit occurs is also given. This paper
can serve as an individual guide to editing technical papers especially when a native
English-speaking editor is unavailable.
