英语中最常见错误和不地道用法总结

• ⑪ youself (yourself) • E.g., Sometimes you benefit youself by doing something that benefits others at the same time. (WRONG) • Sometimes you benefit yourself by doing something that benefits others at the same time. (RIGHT)
• ② though (thought) • E.g., At that time, I though he had misunderstood his parents. (WRONG) • At that time, I thought he had misunderstood his parents. • ③ taugh (taught) • E.g., Prof. Wilson taugh Western philosophy in Beijing University. (WRONG) • Prof. Wilson taught Western philosophy in Beijing University. (RIGHT)
• E.g., Every corn has two sides. (WRONG)
• ⑱ arguement (argument) • E.g., The key point in the arguement of the strikers yesterday was that their salary be raised to match the length and intensity of their labor in the factory. (WRONG) • The key point in the argument of the strikers yesterday was that their salary be raised to match the length and intensity of their labor in the factory. (RIGHT)
• ⑤ thin (think), • E.g., I thin we can solve the problem in many good ways. (WRONG) • I think we can solve the problem in many good ways. (RIGHT) • ⑥ thing (think) • I thing we can solve the problem in many good ways. (WRONG) • I think we can solve the problem in many good ways. (RIGTH)
• ④ caugh (caught), • E.g., The mother finally caugh her naughty boy after they had circled the house thirty times! (WRONG) • The mother finally caught her naughty boy after they had circled the house thirty times! (RIGHT)
Lecture Two
Common Errors & Improprieties to Be Avoided
• I. Errors on the Word-Level • i) Misspellings • ① ture (true), • E.g., It is ture that an inconsiderate person isn’t welcome in society. (WRONG) • It is true that an inconsiderate person isn’t welcome in society. (RIGHT)
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⑳ quarel (quarrel) hour without understanding what the other was really trying to say. (WRONG)
• E.g., The couple quareled for almost an
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The couple quarreled for almost an hour without understanding what the other was really trying to say. (RIGHT)
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⑦ nowdays/nowaday (nowadays)
• E.g., Nowdays/Nowaday, many people spend a considerable part of a day sitting in front of their computers for no good reason. (WRONG) • Nowadays, many people spend a considerable part of a day sitting in front of their computers for no good reason. (RIGHT)
• ⑩ image (imagine) • E.g., When I was in class in the primary school, sometimes I became carried away by imaging that I was doing something interesting outside the classroom. (WRONG) • When I was in class in the primary school, sometimes I became carried away by imagining that I was doing something interesting outside the classroom. (RIGHT)
• 21. imformation (information) • E.g., The imformation provided about the product in the brochure doesn’t match what the client service of the company reports. (WRONG) • The imformation provided about the product in the brochure doesn’t match what the client service of the company reports. (RIGHT)
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I lack the necessary knowledge to finish the task all by myself. (RIGHT)
• ② like, unlike
• • e.g. Mary like our sister, she cares a lot about us. (WRONG) Mary likes our sister, she cares a lot about us. (WRONG)
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⑭ quiet (quite) design of its plot. (WRONG)
• E.g., I quiet like that game because of the • I quite like that game because of the design of its plot. (RIGHT)
• ⑮ fresh (flesh) • E.g., The fresh from the fish is processed before being put in cans for sale on the markets the world over. (WRONG) • The flesh from the fish is processed before being put in cans for sale on the markets the world over. (RIGHT)
• ii) Misuses
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① lack
• e.g. I lack of/in the necessary knowledge to finish the task all by myself. (WRONG) • I’m lack of/in the necessary knowledge to finish the task all by myself. (WRONG)
• ⑫ writting (writing) (written) • E.g., This afternoon, I’ll be busy writting a report about the department’s operation in the first half of the year. (WRONG) • This afternoon, I’ll be busy writing a report about the department’s operation in the first half of the year. (RIGHT) • The letter was written by one person and delivered by another. (RIGHT)
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⑲ recieve (receive)
• E.g., John Porter recieved a prize for best seller of the company in the 2004.
(WRONG)
• John Porter received a prize for best seller of the company in the 2004. (RIGHT)