常见的语法错误和修辞错误

常见的语法错误和修辞错误

1．语法方面的错误

（1）英语汉化

误：The main reasons for the change have five points.

正：There are five main reasons for the change.

误: After four years, they graduated from the university.

正：Four years later, they graduated from the university.

误：Smoking cigarettes will do harm to our body.

正：Smoking cigarettes will do harm to our health.

误：If a student only has knowledge of natural science, he will become a one-legged man when he comes out of university doors.

正：If a student only has knowledge of natural science, he won’t become a well-round man when he graduates from university.

（2）时态搭配错误

误：Once a colony of Belgium known as the Belgian Congo, Zaire has gained its independence in 1960.

正：Once a colony of Belgium known as the Belgian Congo, Zaire gained its independence in 1960.

误：Jack’s mother had to call him half a dozen times until he came downstairs to his lunch.

正：Jack’s mother had to call him half a dozen times before he came downstairs to his lunch.

误：Her daughter, who is studying abroad, has come back for two week.

正：Her daughter, who is studying abroad, has come been back for two week.

误：There are so many countries using English that it had been regarded as an international language.

正：There are so many countries using English that it is now regarded as an international language.

误：In 1990, the consumption of grain has decreased by 20%.

正：In 1990, the consumption of grain decreased by 20%.

（3）形容词结构错误

误：If all ingredients are mixed properly the soup should taste deliciously.

正：If all ingredients are mixed properly the soup should taste delicious.

误：Not doing your assignments consistently will make learning the material less easier for you.

正：Not doing your assignments consistently will make learning the material less easy for you.

误：Mr. Johnson felt hurriedly as he tried to make his way through the crowds to the ticket window only five minutes before the bus was to leave.

正：Mr. Johnson felt hurried as he tried to make his way through the crowds to the ticket window only five minutes before the bus was to leave.

误：He felt that since he had worked hardest than anyone else, he should get the most money.

正：He felt that since he had worked harder than anyone else, he should get the most money.

误：He appeared hot and flush, and he was not dressed with customary care and completeness.

正：He appeared hot and flushed, and he was not dressed with customary care and completeness.

（4）介词结构错误

误：The firm offered him a sum of a thousand pounds in compensation of the injury he had received.

正：The firm offered him a sum of a thousand pounds in compensation for the injury he had received.

误：The audience complimented him for outstanding performance.

正：The audience complimented him on outstanding performance.

误：He is indifferent from the sufferings of his comrades.

正：He is indifferent to the sufferings of his comrades.

误：We must insist on strict compliance by the regulation.

正：We must insist on strict compliance with the regulation.

误：The peasantry were condemned for a life of toil and poverty.

正：The peasantry were condemned to a life of toil and poverty.

（5）主谓语不一致

误：Collecting dolls as a hobby have become increasingly popular during the past fifty years.

正：Collecting dolls as a hobby has become increasingly popular during the past fifty years.

误：This natural phenomena which we have just discovered is not interesting. 正：This natural phenomenon which we have just discovered is not interesting. 误：Everybody that I have met want to have an interesting job when he leaves school.

正：Everybody that I have met wants to have an interesting job when he leaves school.

误：The amount of pressure which the material is subject to affect the quality of the products.

正：The amount of pressure which the material is subject to affects the quality of the products.

误：The statistics in that report on oil production is incorrect.

正：The statistics in that report on oil production are incorrect.

（6）指代不明

误：She was delighted with anything that distracted him from the dark thought that overwhelmed him, so Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints and materials she could find.

正：Clementine was delighted with anything that distracted him from the dark thought that overwhelmed him, so she rushed off to buy whatever paints and materials she could find.

或Delighted with anything that distracted him from the dark thought that