Når man skriver sit bachelorprojekt, speciale eller anden afhandling på engelsk, kommer man let til at gentage de samme fejl flere gange i løbet af teksten. Nedenfor kan du finde en række lister med fejl der ofte findes i engelsksproget akademisk arbejde, og derved forbedre dit engelske sprogbrug når du skriver.
Stavefejl
Selvom korrekturlæsningen i tekstprogrammer fanger de fleste stavefejl er de ikke altid fuldkommen pålidelige. Den følgende liste indeholder stavefejl som ofte forekommer i bachelorprojekter og specialer skrevet på engelsk.
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
acheive |
achieve |
benifit |
benefit |
concious |
conscious |
definately |
definitely |
dependant |
dependent |
disatisfied |
dissatisfied |
existance |
existence |
focussed |
focused |
heteroskedesticity |
heteroskedasticity |
homogenus |
homogenous |
imediate |
immediate |
labratory |
laboratory |
ocassionally |
occasionally |
payed |
paid |
posses |
possess |
practicaly |
practically |
precedure |
procedure |
publically |
publicly |
questionaire |
questionnaire |
respondant |
respondent |
seperate |
separate |
skedesticity |
skedasticity |
skewedness |
skewness |
specificly, |
specifically |
suceed |
succeed |
therefor |
therefore |
undoubtably |
undoubtedly |
unforseen |
unforeseen |
wether |
whether |
wich |
which |
Hyppigt forekommende sprogfejl
Når vi korrekturlæser engelske bachelorprojekter og specialer indeholder de ofte en eller flere af de nedenstående sprogfejl. Hvis du sikrer at din tekst ikke indeholder dem opnår du en langt bedre fremstilling.
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Hvorfor? |
Researches were conducted. |
Research was conducted. |
Research is a non-count noun. |
Further, the chance of bias is high. |
Furthermore, the chance of bias is high. |
Further does not mean “in addition”; furthermore does |
The amount of variables may change. |
The number of variables may change. |
Use number with countable nouns (e.g., changes), amount with non-count nouns (e.g., air). |
A MRI, a HR directive |
An MRI, an HR directive |
An abbreviation that starts with a vowel sound takes “an.” |
The teenagers that |
The teenagers who |
Use who with people, that with things |
Nedenfor gennemgår vi andre hyppige fejl i relation til ordklasser.
Adjektiver
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Are both similar |
Are similar |
Although the two cases are similar, they are not identical. |
Politic |
Political |
Both economic and political factors were considered. |
So called…, factor based… |
So-called…, factor-based… |
The so-called experts only conducted factor-based analyses. |
Specially |
Especially |
The authors were especially interested in inflation pressures. |
Capitalization
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Results Of The Interviews |
Results of the interviews or Results of the Interviews |
Additional information is presented in Table 9 (Results of the interviews). |
Conjunctions and linking terms
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
First of all, firstly |
First |
First, all participants were given a survey. |
However … |
However, … |
However, most theorists disagree. |
Like |
Such as |
Northern cities such as Oslo and Helsinki have long, dark winters. |
Nouns/noun phrases
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Insights in |
Insights into |
The results offer valuable insights into the problem. |
MNC’s, PC’s |
MNCs, PCs |
Most MNCs purchase thousands of PCs annually. |
One criteria |
One criterion |
Although many criteria were considered, one criterion stood out |
Research conclusion |
Research conclusions |
Chapter 6 contains the research conclusions. |
Taxi’s, umbrella’s |
Taxis, umbrellas |
Taxis are often full of forgotten umbrellas. |
The childs behavior, the parents attitude |
The child’s behavior, the parents’ attitude |
Although the child’s behavior was aggressive, her parents’ attitude was very relaxed. |
Two analysis |
Two analyses |
Several analyses were conducted, but one analysis was most fruitful. |
Two hypothesis |
Two hypotheses |
This thesis proposes many hypotheses. |
Prepositions/prepositional phrases
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Besides, Next to |
In addition to |
In addition to building dams, the government also invested in roads. |
From…till… |
From…to… |
The ages ranged from 18 to 24. |
In the light of |
In light of |
The test was cancelled in light of the wind. |
Per |
By |
The participants were grouped by height. |
To what extend |
To what extent |
It is not known to what extent the subjects were being truthful. |
Pronouns
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
A person…their… |
A person…his or her (or his/her) |
A researcher should cite his or her sources. |
You… |
One… |
If one reads the study, one may indeed be convinced |
Punctuating numbers
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
10.000,00 |
10,000.00 |
The price was exactly $10,000.00. |
1960’s |
1960s |
Many styles of music emerged in the 1960s. |
Quantifiers
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
A couple of |
A few, two/three, a handful of |
A few controversial questions were also included. |
A lot of |
Many, much, several, a great deal of |
Much time was spent on the test. |
Terms used in citations
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Et al, Et all. |
Et al. |
The mutation is thought to be widespread (Han et al., 1999) |
Et al. has |
Et al. have |
Omar et al. have asserted that the effect is temporary. |
Verbs/phrasal verbs
| Forkert |
Korrekt |
Eksempel |
Choose yesterday |
Chose yesterday |
The project manager chose her team before planning began. |
Divide in |
Divide into |
This thesis is divided into seven sections. |
Lead yesterday |
Led yesterday |
Although the Liberals currently lead in the polls, the Conservatives led last week. |
Make a photo |
Take a photo |
The time was set to take photos at 20-second intervals. |
Send yesterday |
Sent yesterday |
The email was sent to all employees. |
Ord som tit blandes sammen
| Hvilken skal anvendes? |
Korrekt |
Hvori består forskellen typisk? |
| Effect/affect |
The effect was strong; the drug affected all members of the experimental group. |
Effect = noun
Affect = verb |
| Personnel/personal |
The company’s personnel do not like to discuss their personal problems. |
Personnel = noun
Personal = adjective |
| Principal/principle |
The principal author outlined the theories and principles that arose from the study. |
Principal = adjective
Principle = noun |
| Were/where |
Where were you? |
Were = verb
Where = adjective |
De ovenstående tips kan hjælpe dig med at forbedre dit engelsk generelt. Det næste skridt er at fintune din fremstilling afhængigt af om du bruger amerikansk, britisk eller australsk engelsk!
