TheMostCommonHabitswrittenthemostcommonhabitsfrommorethan200englishpaperswrittenbygraduatechineseengineeringstudentsbyfeliciabrittmanthispaperpresentssomeofthemostcommonchinese-englishhabitsobservedfromovertwohundredenglishtechnicalpapersbychinesewriters.thehabitsareexplainedandinmostcases,exampletextfromanactualpaperisgivenalongwithpreferredtext.anattemptismadetoexplainhowtocorrectandpreventsuchmistakes.insomecasesapossibleexplanationofwhythehabitoccursisalsogiven.thispapercanserveasaninspanidualguidetoeditingtechnicalpapersespeciallywhenanativeenglish-speakingeditorisunavailable.moredetailscanbefoundinthefollowingattachment.
