On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:56:17 -0800 (PST), dreaminggirl
<pengweilunwen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I am a Chinese graduate student. The following is part of my master's
>thesis. Who can help me polish my language. Thank you very much.
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>William Somerset Maugham (1874--1965), born in Paris, is one of the
>most popular writers in British literature. He has created about 20
>novels, more than 100 short stories, 32 plays as well as lots of
>memoirs, travel essays, comments etc., all his life. Maugham has shown
>his versatility in all the literary fields except poem.
Here, prefer "except poetry".
>what's more, a
The "w" of "What" ought to be upper case: "W".
>number of his novels have been adapted to movies. The income from
>these successful movie adaptations and his writings allow
"allowed"
> Maugham to
>live a very comfortable life. Maugham's creation period spans as long
>as 65 years and his works are very popular around the world. However,
>despite his popularity among ordinary readers all over the world, he
>has not received the due recognition from the literary critics or his
>peers for many of them hold that he is just a writer in
>"the very first
A space is missing before "the very first"
>row of the second raters". (maugham
Capitalize "Maugham"
>The Summing Up, 1938)
Here you need a full stop and a space.
>Maugham's
>main works include Of Human Bondage, which is considered as
delete "as" and replace it with "to be"
>his
>representative work, The Moon and Sixpence, The Razor's Edege
Not "Edege" but "Edge"
>, Cakes
>and Ale and so on. It can be said safely that Maugham's works have the
>strongest exotic flavor among British writers. Due to
Replace "Due to" with "Owing to"
>his hobby,
>Maugham all his life
Replace "Maugham all his life" with "Durîng all his life,Maugham"
>has
Delete "has"
>visited lots of countries and regions such as
>Russia, South America, the South Pacific islands and so on.
You do not need "and so on", since you introduced the list with "such
as"
>Maugham is
>also very interested in the Oriental culture
set a comma after "culture"
>especially Chinese
>culture
set a comma after "culture"
>and he visited China in 1999 with his life-long companion
>Gerald Haxton. Based on
Replace "Based on" with "From"
>his travel around China, he has created
Replace "he has created" with "he created"
>the
>travel essays collection On a Chinese Sreen
I presume that "Sreen" ought to be "Screen"
>, the novel The Painted
>Veil , the short story The Letter which is latter adapted to
Replace "which is later adapted to" with ", later adapted to"
>the play
>The Letter, and the play East of Suez. Other works related to China or
>Chinese people include Of Human Bondage, short stories Ah King, The
>Narrow Corner, A Casual Affair, The Door of Op****tunity and so on. By
>adopting Imagology
Th word "imagology" is unknown to me.
>of comparative literature, this thesis will
>research the images of China in Maugham works. Meanwhile, Said's
>Orientalism theory is also adopted as an auxiliary theory in this
>thesis. Since the images of China are mainly depicted and reflected in
>On a Chinese Sreen
"Screen"?
>, this thesis will focus on this work.
Congratulations on your English. Most of the mistakes I mentioned are
oversights.
CW
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