Common problems

(especiallyChinese)CommonDifficultiesEncounteredbyNon-NativeEnglishSpeakers2TenseProblem:ChineselanguagedoesnothavetensesWediscussedthisalittleyesterday.Inascientificpaper:Abstract:usuallypasttense,exceptintroductorystatementmaybepresenttenseIntroduction:usuallypresenttenseMethods:pasttenseResults:pasttenseDiscussion:presenttense3Subject-VerbAgreementForcomplicatedsentences,remembertolookforthesubject,whereeveritmaybe,andmaketheverbagreewiththesubject.ReadthesentencewithoutallthemodifiersandclausestohelpyouDiagramthesentencetohelpyou4PluralNounsUsedasAdjectiveWhenapluralnounisusedasanadjective,itbecomessingular:PhenotypeofdendriticcellscellsisapluralnounDendriticcellphenotypephenotypeisthenounandcellsistheadjectiveButcellsbecomessingularastheadjectiveDendriticcellpopulationpopulationofdendriticcells5Abbreviations:SingularorPlural?Ifawordortermwillbeusedinboththesingularandplural,thenitisbettertoderivetheabbreviationfromthesingularformandaddanstomakeitplural.Animportanteffectorcellinanimmuneresponseisthedendriticcell(DC).IsletinfiltratesconsistmainlyofTcellsbutalsoincludemacrophages,DCs,andBcells.