英语容易出错的

［正］I have nothing to do but cry.
［析］在这一结构中but后面要用省to的不定式。

［正］Nothing but books was sold here.
［析］要注意真正的主语是nothing而不是books，所以这一结构在学生的使用中经常出错。

［误］A number of news can be heard on TV today.
［正］A lot of news can be heard on TV today.
［析］a number of后接可数名词复数。

［误］The number of students are ten thousand.
［正］The number of students is ten thousand.
［析］a number of 其意为"大量的"，而the number of…是"某某的数量"。

即the number of students意为"学生人数"，所以要用单数形式的谓语动词。

［误］I came home very late yesterday night.
［正］I came home very late last night.
［析］"昨晚"一般要讲last night，而不应参照"昨天上午、下午、傍晚"的说法yesterday morning等套用。

news
［误］There are many news about the accident.
［正］There is much news about the accident.
［析］news是不可数名词，它没有复数形式，如果讲一条新闻要用a piece of news. newspaper
［误］I read the news on today's newspaper.
［正］I read the news in today's newspaper.
［析］在报纸上读到某一条新闻一定要用介词in，而on the newspaper是指把某物放于报纸之上，如：May I put the flower on this newspaper?
never
［误］Never I have broken my word.
［正］Never have I broken my word.
［析］never用于句首时起强调作用，要用倒装语序。

但用于句中一般放于情态动词、助动词、或be动词后面，如：I shall never forgot the expression on her face. Lost time is never found again. 用于成语中，如：Better late than never. (晚做比不做强。

)never mind没关系，如："What did you say?""Oh, never mind."
neither
［误］None of my parents is a teacher.
［正］Neither of my parents is a teacher.
［析］对两者的否定不能用none只能用neither, none用于三人以上的情况。

［误］I don't do my homework. Neither he does.
［正］I don't do my homework. Neither does he.
［析］这时应用倒装句。

［误］Neither you nor I are right.
［正］Neither you nor I am right.
［析］neither…nor… 这一句型在应用时其谓语动词应以邻近的主语一致。

［误］Neither he studies nor plays.
［正］Neither does he study nor play.
［析］neither, hardly, seldom等否定词位于句首时，谓语动词采用倒装形式。

need
［误］This room needs to clean.
［正］This room needs to be cleaned.
［正］This room needs cleaning.
［析］在表达某事需要做什么时，need后面如用不定式要用其被动态，如接动名词则要用主动态。

［误］We need not to do it.
［正］We needn't do it.
［析］need用在否定句、疑问句中一般用作情态动词，所以无人称变化也不加to，而在肯定句中则多用作实意动词，如：We need your help.
by near
We lived near the city. 与We lived by the city. 两句话都是对的，但其表达的意义有所不同，by在表达距离时比near更近，所以by the city是紧靠近某城市。

name
［误］She was named of a flower.
［正］She was named after a flower.
［析］以……命名应为name after，又如给某人取名应为The father named his son Tom.。