在《普林斯顿评论》刊登的一篇题为《大学申请的 6 大简单语法规则》的文章中，高校招生官谈到，良好的语法能让你的想法“大放异彩”。 这些官员每天都会接触大量来自全球各地学生递交的申请文书，并由此决定谁能获取入学资格。
文中还提到，招生官表示语法错误会使人分心，而好语法则能够让读者把注意力集中到文章的内容上。
以下是高校招生官建议遵循的一些重要语法规则：
规则1 修饰语（描述事物的单词或短语）应靠近其修饰的单词或短语。
示例： Purchased last week, the new preparation materials helped the student study.
常见错误： Purchased last week, the student studied with her new preparation materials.
规则2 确保代词指代一个特定的名词，并与其指代名词的单数或复数形式保持一致。
示例： The professor is a favorite at the university, but he is now taking a semester off.
常见错误： The professor is a favorite at the university, but they were now taking a semester off.
规则3 牢记句子主语，确保主语始终与动词保持一致。
示例： Each of the authors involved in writing the book was a sociologist.
常见错误： Each of the authors involved in writing the book were sociologists.
规则4 当一个句子中存在两个或多个并列成分时，应使用同类语法形式。
示例： The teacher thought he was a good student because he turned in his papers on time, tested well on exams and appeared enthusiastic.
常见错误： The teacher thought he was a good student because he turned in his papers on time, tested well on exams and his enthusiasm was high.
规则5 当主语是动作的执行者时，选择主动语态（而非被动语态）。
示例： After I spent the past semester meeting with my study group in the library, I decided to change the location.
常见错误： After meeting in the library with my study group for the past semester, changing locations was my decision.
在备考托福考试的写作部分时，作为考生的小伙伴们要记住这些重要的语法规则。这将有助于阅卷人把注意力集中到文章的重点，更加关注你的奇思妙想，帮助你的文章获得高分。更多英语语法、雅思写作相关知识，敬请关注新航道雅思频道。
