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TPS Spot the Error Contest-Win your NTD200 Prize!

你是挑錯的高手嗎?  有機會獲得200元統一超商/星巴克咖啡禮券!


*本活動已於12月13日結束，獲獎的粉絲已公佈於Facebook 官網上，歡迎上TPS Facebook專頁查詢。

Let's give our big applause for the three winning TPS fans!
Would you like to be one of them? Look for the next「TPS Spot the Error Contest」coming soon! Join us and good luck!

再次恭禧獲獎的TPS粉絲。
別忘了下周還有「你是挑錯的高手嗎?」活動，敬請大家踴躍參加!

The sentence below contains at least one grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation error. The first three (3) TPS Fans to respond with the corrected sentence will win a NTD200 7-11/Starbucks Gift Certificate. The corrected sentence and the name of the winners will be published tomorrow on this TPS Fan Page. Please post your answers on facebook. Good Luck!

下列的句子中，包含了一個錯誤，可能是文法、拼法或是標點符號的錯誤。我們將提供統一超商/星巴克面值NTD200元的購物禮券，給予當天前三名挑出錯誤並寫出正確答案的粉絲。正確的解答與獲獎的粉絲姓名，將於明天公佈於本TPS的專頁。歡迎將你的答案寫在facebook 題目下方的留言中，獲得免費購物禮券的幸運兒可能就是你哦!


Contest Sentence 題目：

The Braun-Bunn theory of textual anarchy, which was defended by it’s German proponents until 1885, never gained popular backing outside Europe.


TPS Spot the Error Contest－Answer and Explanation
你是挑錯的高手嗎? 正確解答

Answer 解答：

“it’s” should be “its.”
“it’s”是不對的，正確答案應為“its”。

Explanation 說明：

The Braun-Bunn theory of textual anarchy, which was defended by its German proponents until 1885, never gained popular backing outside Europe.

The Braun-Bunn提出文字混亂理論，由德國擁護者捍衛直到西元1855年，仍無法得到歐洲以外民眾的全面支持。


Error: The writer of this sentence has confused it’s and its. The correct choice—its—is the possessive form of the word, whereas it’s is a contraction for it is. This writing mistake is No. 5 of 10 Common Writing Errors That Can Spell “Rejection” for Your Manuscript, which are posted elsewhere on The Published Scholar site.

錯誤之處：這句話的作者在it’s 與its的使用上產生混淆。

正確的解答its是所有格，而it’s為其縮寫。這樣的寫作錯誤可參照本專頁所張貼之「10 個導致退稿的常見寫作錯誤之五：Don’t Confuse “It’s” With “Its”」。