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3). Still others addressthe issue in the light of syntactic accuracy. Nevertheless empirical studies on syntacticfeatures from holistic view especially making contrast with another group fromdifferent levels are in a rather small number.The study investigates the overall syntactic features of English majors in thesecond grade in Xinjiang University and makes the contrast with compositions fromWECCL. Why the author chose the compositions from sophomores is that the secondyear study is a transitional period for English majors-the transition from lower level tohigher level, which plays an important role in their learning.

Chapter Two Literature Review

2.1 Definition of sentence
It is a great challenge to define any concept precisely. As to the connotation of "sentence", different researchers have different understanding .In linguistic term，a sentence is usually composed of one or more clauses, whichincludes a predicate and an explicit or implied subject. For example. in the sentence Itis cold, although the sun is shining, there are two clauses：the main clause is it is coldand the subordinate clause is although the sun is shining. (Hartmann & Stork1972:137).Homburg defined sentence as " A sentence is here defined as a string of wordswith a capital letter at the beginning of the first word and a period or another terminalpunctuation mark after the last word. The writer's use of these conventions thereforecompletely determined the constitution of sentences in the composition."
Generally speaking, a sentence in this study is a grammatically speech unit thatexpresses a statement, a question, a command or an exclamation. In speaking, it isphonetically distinguished by various patterns of stress pitch, and pauses; and inwriting, it concludes with appropriate end punctuation, such as a period, a questionmark or an exclamation mark. Therefore, the designation of a sentence is acombination of a capital letter at the beginning and a terminal punctuation (period,question mark, exclamatory mark, etc.) in the end. Accordingly, semicolon could notbe regarded as a terminal punctuation in the present study as the first word aftersemicolon is not capitalized.

Chapter Three Research Design.......... 26-29
    3.1 The Aim of Study.......... 26
    3.2 Subjects ..........26-27
    3.3 Method and Instrument.......... 27
    3.4 Research Procedure ..........27-28
    3.5 Summary.......... 28-29
Chapter Four Results and Analysis.......... 29-52
    4.1 Classification and Description.......... 29-43
        4.1.1 Lexical Errors.......... 30-34
        4.1.2 Syntactic Errors.......... 34-41
        4.1.3 Discourse Errors.......... 41-43
    4.2 Comparative Study on Errors of the Two Groups.......... 43-52
        4.2.1 Data Result of the Two Groups .......... 50-52
Chapter Five Implications and Suggestions.......... 52-57
    5.1 Implications ..........52-53
        5.1.1 Implications for Teachers.......... 52-53
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