Hi Eva, I'm so busy at the moment that I cannot go through the text and correct it, but one of those more apparent mistakes seems to be the present perfect tense in the following sentence of yours. Notice that, having died in 1965, the writer doesn't live any more. Therefore, I suppose, simple past tense should be used there: "He created" rather than "He HAS created". I would say more if I had more time. Sorry, I hope someone else helps you soon, I must go now!
Best, P. 2008/1/9, Eva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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. what's more, a > number of his novels have been adapted to movies. The income from > these successful movie adaptations and his writings allow 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 > row of the second raters". (maugham The Summing Up, 1938)Maugham's > main works include Of Human Bondage, which is considered as his > representative work, The Moon and Sixpence, The Razor's Edege, 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 his hobby, > Maugham all his life has visited lots of countries and regions such as > Russia, South America, the South Pacific islands and so on. Maugham is > also very interested in the Oriental culture especially Chinese > culture and he visited China in 1999 with his life-long companion > Gerald Haxton. Based on his travel around China, he has created the > travel essays collection On a Chinese Sreen, the novel The Painted > Veil , the short story The Letter which is latter 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 Opportunity and so on. By > adopting Imagology 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, this thesis will focus on this work. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Correct my English" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/correct-my-english -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
