英语句子常见错误

1、Why do Western women seldom marry Chinese men?1. Chinese men are shy.2. Chinese boys are spoiled.3. Chinese men are racially insecure, especially when compared to Caucasians.kken4. Chinese men are traditional.5. Chinese men cannot speak English well.6. Chinese men love to save money.Chinese people a

2、re inclined to save to buy a house. Foreign guys will spend most of what they earn and will go for top clothing brands or eat at fancy restaurants. That difference is huge in terms of romance.7. Chinese boys are too busy studying and men are too busy working.8. Chinese guys are relatively less socia

3、l and out-going.The Clinic of sentence makingTypical problems of spoken English常见的英语口语问题：wl Grammatically wrong; wl Poor pronunciation and intonation; wl Chinese English (Chinglish); wl Lack of vocabulary; wl Lack of fluency. At Christmas Eve, Jim went with hisfather to choose a Christmas tree. They

4、 choose a big one. It was almost as taller as the room!They put them in the corner of the sittingroom. Jim was covered it with a lot of Christmas light. The sitting room lookedreally beautifully at the moment. There was a fire burning in the fire place, but the Christmastree lights were shinning bri

5、ghtly. Jim and his parents singing and dancing happily.1.2.3. .8.9.10.At Christmas Eve, Jim went with his1._father to choose a Christmas tree. They choose 2._a big one. It was almost as taller as the room!3._They put them in the corner of the sitting4._on_chose_tall_it动词形动词形介词短语习惯用法要记住介词短语习惯用

6、法要记住还要注意形和副还要注意形和副代词格，细领悟代词格，细领悟room. Kate was covered it with a lot of5._Christmas light. The sitting room looked6. _really beautifully at the moment. There was 7. _a fire burning in the fire place, but the Christmas8. _tree lights were shinning brightly. Jim and his9. _parents singing and dancing

7、happily.10._was_lights_beautiful_andwere动词形动词形还要注意形和副还要注意形和副动词形动词形名词数名词数冠词连词须关注冠词连词须关注英语句子常见错误与分析一、 不一致 Disagreementsw所谓不一致，不光指主谓不一致，它还包括了数的不一致、所谓不一致，不光指主谓不一致，它还包括了数的不一致、时态不一致及代词不一致等时态不一致及代词不一致等 wWhen one have money, he can do what he want to. w剖析：剖析：oneone是单数第三人称，因而本句的是单数第三人称，因而本句的havehave应改为应改为has

8、;has;同理，同理，wantwant应改为应改为wants.wants.本句是典型的主谓不一致本句是典型的主谓不一致 w改为：改为：wOnce one has money, he can do what he wants to.二、 修饰语错位 Misplaced Modifiers w英语与汉语不同，同一个修饰语置于句子不同的位置，英语与汉语不同，同一个修饰语置于句子不同的位置，句子的含义可能引起变化对于这一点中国学生往往没句子的含义可能引起变化对于这一点中国学生往往没有引起足够的重视，因而造成了不必要的误解有引起足够的重视，因而造成了不必要的误解wI believe I can do i

9、t well and I will better know the world outside the campus. w分析：分析：better位置不当，应置于句末位置不当，应置于句末 三 句子不完整 Sentence Fragments w在口语中，交际双方可借助手势语气上下文等，不完整的句子完全可以被理解可是书面语就不同了，句子结构不完整会令意思表达不清，这种情况常常发生在主句写完以后，又想加些补充说明时发生 wThere are many ways to know the society. For example, by TV, radio, newspaper and so on.

10、w剖析：剖析：“forexamplebyTV, radio, newspaperandsoon.”不是一个完整的句子，仅为一不是一个完整的句子，仅为一些不连贯的词语，不能独立成句些不连贯的词语，不能独立成句 w改为：改为：There are many ways to know society, for example, by TV, radio and newspaper. 四 悬垂修饰语 Dangling Modifiers w所谓悬垂修饰语是指句首的短语与后面句子的逻辑关系混所谓悬垂修饰语是指句首的短语与后面句子的逻辑关系混乱不清乱不清例例1 1：At the age of ten, my

11、 grandfather died. 这句中“at the age of ten”只点出十岁时，但没有说明“谁”十岁时按一般推理不可能是my grandfather,如果我们把这个悬垂修饰语改明确一点，全句就不那么费解了 改为改为： When I was ten, my grandfather died. 例例2 2To do well in college, good grades are essential. 句中不定式短语“to do well in college” 的逻辑主语不清楚 改为：改为： To do well in college, a student needs good

12、grades. 五 词性误用 Misuse of Parts of Speech w“词性误用词性误用”常表现为：介词当动词用；形容词当副常表现为：介词当动词用；形容词当副词用；名词当动词用等词用；名词当动词用等 wNobody can negative the importance of money. w剖析：剖析：negativenegative系形容词，误作动词。系形容词，误作动词。 w改为：改为： Nobody can deny the importance of money. 六、 指代不清 Ambiguous Reference of Pronouns w指代不清主要讲的是代词与被

13、指代的人或物关系不清，或者先后所用的代词不一致。wMary was friendly to my sister because she wanted her to be her bridesmaid. w读者无法明确地判断两位姑娘中谁将结婚，谁将当伴娘。如果我们把易于引起误解的代词的所指对象加以明确，意思就一目了然了。w改为： Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted my sister to be her bridesmaid. 七 不间断句子 Run-on SentencesThere are many ways we get to

14、 know the outside world.剖析：这个句子包含了两层完整意思There are many ways.We get to know the outside world.简单地把它们连在一起就不妥当了。 改为:There are many ways for us to learn about the outside world. 八 措词毛病 Troubles in DictionwDiction 是指在特定的句子中如何适当地选用词语的问题，作文中用词不当的错误比比皆是。 wThe increasing use of chemical obstacles in agricult

15、ure also makes pollution. (农业方面化学物质使用的不断增加也造成了污染。) The increasing use of chemical substances in agriculture also causes/leads to pollution. 九 累赘 Redundancyw语言以简洁为贵。写句子没有一个多余的词；写语言以简洁为贵。写句子没有一个多余的词；写段落没有一个无必要的句子。能用单词的不用词段落没有一个无必要的句子。能用单词的不用词组；能用词组的不用从句或句子。如：组；能用词组的不用从句或句子。如： In spite of the fact that

16、 he is lazy, I like him. 本句的本句的“the fact that he is lazy”系同位语从句，系同位语从句，我们按照上述我们按照上述“能用词组的不用从句能用词组的不用从句” ” 的规则，的规则，改为：改为： In spite of his laziness, I like him. 十 不连贯 Incoherencew不连贯是指一个句子前言不对后语，或是结构上不畅通。不连贯是指一个句子前言不对后语，或是结构上不畅通。这也是学生常犯的毛病。这也是学生常犯的毛病。 The fresh water, it is the most important things o

17、f the earth. 剖析剖析：The fresh water与逗号后的与逗号后的it不连贯。不连贯。 It与与things在数方面不一致。在数方面不一致。 改为：改为： Fresh water is the most important thing in the world. 十一 综合性语言错误 Comprehensive Misusage w所谓所谓“综合性语言错误综合性语言错误”，是指除了上述十种错误以外，还，是指除了上述十种错误以外，还有诸如时态，语态，标点符号，大小写等方面的错误。有诸如时态，语态，标点符号，大小写等方面的错误。 wToday, Money to everybo

18、dy is very importance, ours eat, cloth, live, go, etc. Have you got those Chinglish?我很喜欢它。wI very like it.wI like it very much. 这个价钱很合适。wThe price is very suitable for me.wThe price is right. Note：wsuitable(合适的、相配的)最常见的用法是以否定的形式出现在告示或通知上，如：wThe following program is not suitable for children.(下列节目儿童不

19、宜)w在这组句子中用后面的说法会更合适。 你是做什么工作的？wWhats your job?wAre you working at the moment? wNote：wwhats your job？这种说法难道也有毛病吗？是的。w因为如果您的谈话对象刚刚失业，如此直接的问法会让对方有失面子，所以您要问：Are you working at the moment?w接下来您才问：wWhere are you working these days?目前您在哪儿工作呢？wWhat line of work are you in?或者您从事哪个行业呢？我明天有事。wI have something

20、to do tomorrow.wSorry but I am tied up all day tomorrow. wNote：w用I have something to do来表示您很忙，这也完全是中国式的说法。w因为每时每刻我们都有事情要做，躺在那里睡大觉也是事情。所以您可以说我很忙，脱不开身：Im tied up.还有其他的说法：wI cant make it at that time. wId love to, but I cant, I have to stay at home. 这事我做不了。wI think I cant.wI dont think I can. wNote：w这一

21、组是个习惯问题，在语法上称为否定前置，这就是汉语里面说“我想我不会”的时候，英语里面总是说“我不认为我会”。我舞跳得也不好。wI dont dance well too.wI am not a very good dancer either. 我很热。wI am hot.wIts hot. 现在几点了？wWhat time is it now?wWhat time is it, please? wNote：wWhat time is it now？这是一个直接从汉语翻译过的句子，讲英语的时候没有必要说now,因为您不可能问what time was it yesterday, 或者what t

22、ime is it tomorrow?w还有一种说法是：How are we doing for time?这句话在有时间限制的时候特别合适。我英语学得不好。wMy English is poor.wI am not 100% fluent, but at least I am improving. 周五来参加我们的晚会吗？wWould you like to join our party on Friday?wWould you like to come to our party on Friday? wNote：wjoin往往是指参加俱乐部或者协会，如：join a health club

23、; join the Communist Party.w事实上，常常与party搭配的动词的come 或者go。如go to a wild party，或者come to a Christmas party。 对此我没有经验。wI have no experience.wI dont know much about that. wNote：wI have no experience这句话听起来古里古怪，因为您只需要说：那方面我懂得不多，或者这方面我不在行，就行了。wI am not really an expert in this area. 我没有男朋友。wI have no boyfrie

24、nd.wI dont have a boyfriend. 我身体健康。wMy body is healthy.wI am in good health. / Im healthy. 太贵了！wThe price is too expensive/cheap.wThe price is too high/ rather low. 我们下了车。wWe got off the car.wWe got out of the car. NMET2000The day before the speech contest(比赛) English teacher 1._talked to me. She said that she and my schoolmate all 2._wished me success,but it didnt matter that I would 3._win or not.When I was on the stage the next day,