In diesem Artikel werden die häufigsten Fehler und deren korrekte Schreibung in englischen Abschlussarbeiten aufgeführt. Studenten tendieren dazu, beim Schreiben einer Abschlussarbeit immer wieder die gleichen Fehler zu machen.
Ein genauer Blick auf die unten angeführten Listen mit Fehlern, denen wir beim Editieren oft begegnen, kann dir dabei helfen, mit diesen Gewohnheiten zu brechen.
Rechtschreibfehler
Obwohl Rechtschreibprüfungen (z.B. von MS Office Word) viele Fehler entdecken, kannst du dich nicht vollständig auf sie verlassen. Diese Wörter werden in vielen Arbeiten trotz Rechtschreibprüfung häufig falsch geschrieben:
| Falsch |
Richtig |
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 |
Häufig auftretende sprachliche Fehler
Es ist selten, dass die Abschlussarbeiten, die wir editieren, keinen der folgenden Fehler enthalten. Verwendest du die folgenden Formulierungen nicht, hebst du dich damit von anderen Arbeiten ab und verleihst ihr einen geschliffenen Stil.
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Warum? |
Researches were conducted. |
Research was conducted. |
Research ist ein nicht zählbares Substantiv. |
Further, the chance of bias is high. |
Furthermore, the chance of bias is high. |
Further heißt nicht „zusätzlich“; furthermore schon. |
The amount of variables may change. |
The number of variables may change. |
Verwende number bei zählbaren Substantiven (z.B. changes), amount bei nicht zählbaren Substantiven (z.B. air). |
A MRI, a HR directive |
An MRI, an HR directive |
Eine Abkürzung, die mit einem hörbaren Vokal beginnt, benötigt ein „an“. |
The teenagers that |
The teenagers who |
Verwende who bei personen, that bei Dingen |
Andere häufige Fehler sind nach Kategorien geordnet unten dargestellt.
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Zu deiner Korrektur
Adjektive
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Groß- und Kleinschreibung
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
Results Of The Interviews |
Results of the interviews or Results of the Interviews |
Additional information is presented in Table 9 (Results of the interviews). |
Konjunktionen und Verbindungswörter
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Substantive/Substantivphrasen
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Präpositionen/Präpositionalphrasen
| Falsh |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Pronomen
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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 |
Interpunktion bei Zahlen
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
10.000,00 |
10,000.00 |
The price was exactly $10,000.00. |
1960’s |
1960s |
Many styles of music emerged in the 1960s. |
Unbestimmte Zahlwörter
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Begriffe, die beim Zitieren verwendet werden
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Verben/ Verben mit Präpositionen
| Falsch |
Richtig |
Beispiel |
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. |
Wörter, die häufig verwechselt werden
| Welches Wort soll ich verwenden? |
Richtig |
Was ist der Unterschied? |
| 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 |
Diese Tipps zu befolgen wird dir dabei helfen, dein geschriebenes akademisches Englisch im Allgemeinen zu verbessern. Der nächste Schritt ist die Feinabstimmung deines Schreibens, abhängig davon ob du American, British, oder Australian English verwendest!
