I highlight some common "mistakes" I see as an English editor.
"以下检查列表列出了AGU 文稿最常见的更改。对照该检查列表进行检查,将帮您加快文稿的处理速度。
• 在扉页列出所有撰稿者的姓名,并提供所有撰稿者的完整地址
• 使用美国英语,不要使用英国英语
• 将脚注信息放入正文中(脚注仅作附属和辅助材料之用)
• 缩写/简称在第一次出现时进行定义
• 将日期更改为国际日期格式:25 January 2008(在表格中可简写月份)
• 将项目符号列表更改为数字编号列表
• 在数字和计量单位之间添加空格;不要使用圆点
• 按顺序对正文中的公式依次编号;不要按节编号,附录中的公式除外,附录中的公式必须与正文主体中的公式分开编号
• 提供可编辑的公式,不要采用图片格式
• 按照AGU 文风确定参考资料引用格式:使用“姓名-日期”格式,参考资料不用编号,在方括号中附上引用内容:…[Smith et al., 2009]…或Smith et al. [2009] show…
• 以上述形式提供每项参考资料的完整信息
• 在正文中引用所有参考资料,并为每个独有的正文引用提供参考
• 提供可编辑的表格,不能采用图片格式(请注意表格可以Excel 格式提交)
• 包含地图的图形中应至少包含两个注明纬度和经度的点
• LaTeX:请勿使用newcommands,特别是其中带有#的命令(对于参考资料引用,可使用ref、label 和cite 命令)"
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For those of you who are more comfortable with instructions in English.
" Most Frequently Made Changes
The following checklist covers the changes made most frequently to AGU manuscripts. Following this checklist will help speed the processing of your manuscript.
• List all authors on title page and provide complete addresses for all authors
• Use American spellings rather than British spellings
• Incorporate footnoted information into text (footnotes are used only for affiliations and auxiliary material)
• Define abbreviations/acronyms at first use
• Change dates to international date format: 25 January 2003 (in tables, months may be abbreviated)
• Change bulleted lists to numbered lists
• Add space between numeral and unit of measure; do not use a dot
• Number text equations consecutively throughout; do not number by section, except appendix equations, which must be numbered separately from main text equations
• Provide equations that are editable, not formatted as pictures
• Format reference citations to AGU style: use name-date format, not numbered references, and enclose
citations in brackets: …[Smith et al., 2009]… or Smith et al. [2009] show…
• Provide complete information for each reference, as outlined above
• Cite all references in the text and provide a reference for each unique text citation
• Provide tables that are editable, not formatted as pictures (note that tables may be submitted in Excel)
• Include at least two points of latitude and longitude on figures containing maps
• LaTeX: Do not use newcommands, particularly ones with # (using ref and label and cite commands for reference citations is acceptable)"