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LectureTwo CommonErrors ImproprietiestoBeAvoided I ErrorsontheWord Leveli Misspellings ture true E g Itisturethataninconsideratepersonisn twelcomeinsociety WRONG Itistruethataninconsideratepersonisn twelcomeinsociety RIGHT though thought E g Atthattime Ithoughhehadmisunderstoodhisparents WRONG Atthattime Ithoughthehadmisunderstoodhisparents taugh taught E g Prof WilsontaughWesternphilosophyinBeijingUniversity WRONG Prof WilsontaughtWesternphilosophyinBeijingUniversity RIGHT caugh caught E g Themotherfinallycaughhernaughtyboyaftertheyhadcircledthehousethirtytimes WRONG Themotherfinallycaughthernaughtyboyaftertheyhadcircledthehousethirtytimes RIGHT thin think E g Ithinwecansolvetheprobleminmanygoodways WRONG Ithinkwecansolvetheprobleminmanygoodways RIGHT thing think Ithingwecansolvetheprobleminmanygoodways WRONG Ithinkwecansolvetheprobleminmanygoodways RIGTH nowdays nowaday nowadays E g Nowdays Nowaday manypeoplespendaconsiderablepartofadaysittinginfrontoftheircomputersfornogoodreason WRONG Nowadays manypeoplespendaconsiderablepartofadaysittinginfrontoftheircomputersfornogoodreason RIGHT alway always E g Hecanalwaychoosetherighttimetospeakonameeting WRONG Hecanalwayschoosetherighttimetospeakonameeting RIGHT pround proud E g Idon tthinkhislittleprogressissomethingtobeproundof WRONG Idon tthinkhislittleprogressissomethingtobeproudof RIGHT image imagine E g WhenIwasinclassintheprimaryschool sometimesIbecamecarriedawaybyimagingthatIwasdoingsomethinginterestingoutsidetheclassroom WRONG WhenIwasinclassintheprimaryschool sometimesIbecamecarriedawaybyimaginingthatIwasdoingsomethinginterestingoutsidetheclassroom RIGHT youself yourself E g Sometimesyoubenefityouselfbydoingsomethingthatbenefitsothersatthesametime WRONG Sometimesyoubenefityourselfbydoingsomethingthatbenefitsothersatthesametime RIGHT writting writing written E g Thisafternoon I llbebusywrittingareportaboutthedepartment soperationinthefirsthalfoftheyear WRONG Thisafternoon I llbebusywritingareportaboutthedepartment soperationinthefirsthalfoftheyear RIGHT Theletterwaswrittenbyonepersonanddeliveredbyanother RIGHT belive believe E g Theinspectorbelivedthatthecriminalwasaveryskilfulonewholeftbarelyanytraceonthesceneofthecrime WRONG Theinspectorbelievedthatthecriminalwasaveryskilfulonewholeftbarelyanytraceonthesceneofthecrime RIGHT quiet quite E g Iquietlikethatgamebecauseofthedesignofitsplot WRONG Iquitelikethatgamebecauseofthedesignofitsplot RIGHT fresh flesh E g Thefreshfromthefishisprocessedbeforebeingputincansforsaleonthemarketstheworldover WRONG Thefleshfromthefishisprocessedbeforebeingputincansforsaleonthemarketstheworldover RIGHT frame flame E g Theframesofthebigfirecouldbeseenyardsaway WRONG Theflamesofthebigfirecouldbeseenyardsaway RIGHT corn coin E g Everycornhastwosides WRONG Everycoinhastwosides RIGHT arguement argument E g Thekeypointinthearguementofthestrikersyesterdaywasthattheirsalaryberaisedtomatchthelengthandintensityoftheirlaborinthefactory WRONG Thekeypointintheargumentofthestrikersyesterdaywasthattheirsalaryberaisedtomatchthelengthandintensityoftheirlaborinthefactory RIGHT recieve receive E g JohnPorterrecievedaprizeforbestsellerofthecompanyinthe2004 WRONG JohnPorterreceivedaprizeforbestsellerofthecompanyinthe2004 RIGHT quarel quarrel E g Thecouplequareledforalmostanhourwithoutunderstandingwhattheotherwasreallytryingtosay WRONG Thecouplequarreledforalmostanhourwithoutunderstandingwhattheotherwasreallytryingtosay RIGHT 21 imformation information E g Theimformationprovidedabouttheproductinthebrochuredoesn tmatchwhattheclientserviceofthecompanyreports WRONG Theimformationprovidedabouttheproductinthebrochuredoesn tmatchwhattheclientserviceofthecompanyreports RIGHT ii Misuses lacke g Ilackof inthenecessaryknowledgetofinishthetaskallbymyself WRONG I mlackof inthenecessaryknowledgetofinishthetaskallbymyself WRONG Ilackthenecessaryknowledgetofinishthetaskallbymyself RIGHT like unlikee g Marylikeoursister shecaresalotaboutus WRONG Marylikesoursister shecaresalotaboutus WRONG Likeoursister Marycaresalotaboutus RIGHT Maryislikeoursister whocaresalotaboutus RIGHT Theseyoungpeopleunliketheiroldergeneration theyuseuptheirwageswaybeforethetimetheyshallgettheirnextmonthlypay WRONG Unliketheiroldergeneration theseyoungpeopleuseuptheirwageswaybeforethetimetheyshallgettheirnextmonthlypay RIGHT Theseyoungpeopleareunliketheiroldergeneration Theyuseuptheirwageswaybeforethetimetheyshallgettheirnextmonthlypay RIGHT easy uneasyThejobiseasy Thejobisnoteasy RIGHT Thejobisuneasy WRONG Thejobishard RIGHT Hehasworkedoutaneasywaytodothejob Hehasworkedoutanuneasywaytodothejob WRONG Hehasworkedoutawaytodothejob whichisnoteasy MISLEADING Hehasworkedoutawaytodothejob But Itisnotaneasyway PROPER Wefounditquiteeasytodowhathetoldusto Wefounditquiteuneasytodowhathetoldusto WRONG Wefounditquitenoteasytodowhathetoldusto Cf Wefounditnotquiteeasytodowhathetoldusto RIGHT Wefounditquitehardtodowhathetoldusto RIGHT hard hardlyE g Jasonpreparedforthelessonreallyhardlybeforethefinalexams IMPROPER Jasonpreparedforthelessonreallyhardbeforethefinalexams RIGHT people personImetonepeopleinthestreet IMPROPER Imetonepersoninthestreet RIGHT Imetthreepeople personsinthestreet RIGHT success succeedE g ThomasEdisonsuccessedininventingthelightbulbafterhundredsofexperiments WRONG ThomasEdisonsucceededininventingthelightbulbafterhundredsofexperiments RIGHT it s itsE g Whenthecatopenedit seyesagainsttheflashlight Icouldseetwoshiningballsfacingme WRONG Whenthecatopeneditseyesagainsttheflashlight Icouldseetwoshiningballsfacingme RIGHT Itsalltoohardforawidowedmothertoraiseherthreebabiesallonherown WRONG It salltoohardforawidowedmothertoraiseherthreebabiesallonherown RIGHT maybe maybeE g Themanmaybenotsogoodashewassaidtobe WRONG Themanmaybenotsogoodashewassaidtobe RIGHT Themanmaybeisnotsogoodashewassaidtobe RIGHT health body父母叮嘱我在学校要注意身体 Myparentsremindedmeoftakingcareofmybodyatschool WRONG Myparentsremindedmeoftakingcareofmyhealthatschool RIGHT faceto with E g Nomatterhowdifficultitis weshouldfaceto withthisproblem WRONG Nomatterhowdifficultitis weshouldface upto thisproblem RIGHT E g Althoughtheyfacedto withbadweatherandshortageoffood thesoldiersintheFrenchtroopsstillperseveredtillthelastmomentofthebattle WRONG Althoughtheywerefacedwithbadweatherandshortageoffood thesoldiersintheFrenchtroopsstillperseveredtillthelastmomentofthebattle RIGHT mostE g Mostmyclassmatesoftengotoaneighboringuniversitytolistenthelectureofa someProf Wang WRONG Mymostclassmatesoftengotoaneighboringuniversitytolistenthelectureofa someProf Wang WRONG Mostofmyclassmatesoftengotoaneighboringuniversitytolistenthelectureofa someProf Wang RIGHT put all myheart mindin into E g Afterenteringtheuniversity Imadeupmymindtoputallmyheart mindinmystudy ignoringalltheotherlessworthygoals UNIDIOMATIC Afterenteringtheuniversity Imadeupmymindtofocusonlyonmystudy or tobebentonmystudy or tostudyheartandsoul ignoringalltheotherlessworthygoals IDIOMATIC payattentionin on E g Heseldompaysanyattentionin onthedetailsinhisdressing WRONG Heseldompaysanyattentiontothedetailsinhisdressing RIGHT past passedE g IpasttheCET6lastyear WRONG IpassedtheCET6lastyear RIGHT choose choosefrom E g Wehavetochooseasolutiontothecurrentproblem RIGHT Wehavetochooseasolution fromallthesolutionsavailable tothecurrentproblem RIGHT Manyoptionshavebeenprovidedforustochoose IMPROPER Manyoptionshavebeenprovidedforustochoosefrom PROPER Manyoptionshavebeenprovidedforustochoose one from theoptions PROPER thelevelofmyEnglish myEnglishlevel E g ThismethodoflearningcanquicklyimprovethelevelofmyEnglish myEnglishlevel UNIDIOMATIC ThismethodoflearningcanquicklyimprovemyEnglish myEnglishproficiency PROPER most manyofpeople studentsE g Most Manyofpeopletodayhaveanewwayoflookingatanage oldsocialtradition IMPROPER Most Manypeopletodayhaveanewwayoflookingatanage oldsocialtradition PROPER Most Manyofthepeopleinthecountrytodayhaveanewwayoflookingatanage oldsocialtradition PROPER accompanywith E g Wouldyoulikemetoaccompanywithyouhomesinceyou ayounglady areallaloneonthestreetatthistimeofthenight WRONG Wouldyoulikemetoaccompanyyouhomesinceyou ayounglady areallaloneonthestreetatthistimeofthenight RIGHT thelastbutnottheleast E g Thelastbutnottheleast Ithinkweshouldprotectournaturalenvironmentfromexcessivehumanactivities WRONG Lastbutnotleast Ithinkweshouldprotectournaturalenvironmentfromexcessivehumanactivities RIGHT Intheeyesofme him her them E g Intheeyesofme theirwayoftreatingtheproblemmaybetoosimplebutinefficient UNIDIOMATIC Inmyeyes theirwayoftreatingtheproblemmaybetoosimplebutinefficient IDIOMATIC 21 listenmusic theradioE g I mfondoflisteningmusicinmysparetime WRONG I mfondoflisteningtomusicinmysparetime RIGHT 22 contactwith E g ItriedtocontactwithMr Jerseybyphonethatdaybutfailedtoreachhim WRONG ItriedtocontactMr Jerseybyphonethatdaybutfailedtoreachhim RIGHT 23 equalto E g Smokingfrequentlyandregularlyequalstokillingoneself WRONG Smokingfrequentlyandregularlyequalskillingoneself RIGHT Smokingfrequentlyandregularlyisequaltokillingoneself RIGHT 24 inanotherword E g Ihaveneverinvolvedmyselfinthisincident Inanotherword itisnofaultofmineatall WRONG Ihaveneverinvolvedmyselfinthisincident Inotherwords itisnofaultofmineatall RIGHT 25 affectvs effectE g Itisrarelyknownthatsmokingalsoeffectsthestomach WRONG Itisrarelyknownthatsmokingalsoaffectsthestomach RIGHT 26 opencomputer TVset lights E g WhenIopenedmycomputer TVset nothingflashedonthescreen IMPROPER WhenIturnedonmycomputer TVset nothingflashedonthescreen PROPER 27 AsaChinese weshould E g AsaChinese weshouldfeelproudoftheseheroesofournation IMPROPER AsChinese weshouldfeelproudoftheseheroesofournation PROPER AsaChinese I he sheshouldfeelproudoftheseheroesofournation PROPER 28 Asthedevelopmentof E g Asthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology ourlivesbecomemoreandmoreconvenient UNGRAMMATICAL Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology ourlivesbecomemoreandmoreconvenient GRAMMATICAL II ErrorsontheSentence Level because so although but e g BecauseIwasnervousatthattime soIcouldn tevensayaword WRONG BecauseIwasnervousatthattime Icouldn tevensayaword RIGHT Iwasnervousatthattime soIcouldn tevensayaword RIGHT Althoughtheclotheshasbeenmyheart sdesireforalongtime butIcouldn tafforditforitsprice WRONG Althoughtheclotheshasbeenmyheart sdesireforalongtime Icouldn tafforditforitsprice RIGHT Theclotheshasbeenmyheart sdesireforalongtime butIcouldn tafforditforitsprice RIGHT both notall notevery noteveryone everything notalways not not allthetimenot forever他们两个人都不是学生 Bothofthemarenotstudents IMPROPER Neitherofthemisastudent RIGHT Eitherofthemisnotastudent RIGHT 所有 每个学生都没有带课本 Allthestudentsdidn ttaketheircoursebookswiththem IMPROPER Everystudentdidn ttakehiscoursebookwithhim IMPROPER None Nooneofthestudentstooktheir hiscoursebookswiththem him RIGHT Anyofthestudentsdidn ttakehiscoursebookwithhim RIGHT 他总是不能按时完成作业 Healwayscan tfinishhisworkontime WRONG Hecan tfinishhisworkontimeallthetime WRONG Hecanneverfinishhisworkontime RIGHT 汤姆森永远都不记得最后一个回到家要锁上门 Thompsondidn trememberforevertolockthedoorwhenhewasthelastonein WRONG Thompsonneverrememberedtolockthedoorwhenhewasthelastonein RIGHT think notE g Ithink believethatheisnotthebestmanforthejob UNGRAMMATICAL Idon tthink believethatheisthebestmanforthejob RIGHT tell teachmehowtodo小时候父亲常告诉 教我该如何 怎样做 WhenIwasinmychildhood Fatherusedtotell teachmehowtodo WRONG WhenIwasinmychildhood Fatherusedtotell teachmewhattodo RIGHT WhenIwasinmychildhood Fatherusedtotell teachmehowtobehavemyself REALLYRIGHT prep 介词 clause 句子 E g Despite Inspiteoftheweatherwasveryterriblyhot theexplorersstillpushedaheadtheirjourneyintothedesert WRONG Despite Inspiteofthefactthattheweatherwasveryterriblyhot theexplorersstillpushedaheadtheirjourneyintothedesert RIGHT Duetomycomputerbrokedown Icouldn tcompletethetaskbeforethedeadline WRONG Duetothefactthatmycomputerbrokedown Icouldn tcompletethetaskbeforethedeadline RIGHT I mafraidoftheirplanwon tsucceed WRONG I mafraidthattheirplanwon tsucceed RIGHT price cheap expensiveThepricesoftheshoesareusuallycheaperinthisshopsothatIoftencomeheretobuythoseshoesIlike IMPROPER ThepricesoftheshoesareusuallylowerinthisshopsothatIoftencomeheretobuythoseshoesIlike RIGHT Thepriceofthiscartoonseriesistooexpensiveformetobuy WRONG Thepriceofthiscartoonseriesistoohighformetobuy RIGHT speed fast slowE g ThespeedofmymotorbikeatthattimewassofastthatIfounditjustoutofmycontrol UNIDIOMATIC Thespeedofmymotorbikeatthattimewassogreat highthatIfounditjustoutofmycontrol PROPER Thespeedoftheirworkwastooslowforthemtofinishthetaskbeforethedeadline UNIDIOMATIC Thespeedoftheirworkprogresswastoolowforthemtofinishthetaskbeforethedeadline PROPER more than 比较对称问题E g Myschool scampusisbiggerthanyourschool WRONG Myschool scampusisbiggerthanyourschool s RIGHT IloveJennymorethanyou AMBIGUOUS IloveJennymorethanyoudo IloveJennymorethanIdoyou what用作定语从句的引导词e g FreedommeansIcandoanythingwhatIwantto WRONG FreedommeansIcandoanything that Iwantto RIGHT Onmybirthdaythisyear myroommatesgavemeagiftwhatsurprisedme WRONG Onmybirthdaythisyear myroommatesgavemeagiftthat whichsurprisedme RIGHT WhenTomgottoschool E g WhenTomgottoschool hefoundtheclassalreadybegun IMPROPER Whenhegottoschool Tomfoundtheclassalreadybegun PROPER C f Tomfoundtheclassalreadybegunwhenhegottoschool BeforeKittycouldknowwhathappened shewasknockedoverbytherobbers IMPROPER Beforeshecouldknowwhathappened Kittywasknockedoverbytherobbers PROPER I veleft begun goneto for E g Ihaveleftmyhometownforalmosttenyearstillnow WRONG Ihavebeenawayfrommyhometownfortenyears RIGHT Ihurriedtothecinemaonlytofindthatthemoviehadstartedforthirtyminutes WRONG Ihurriedtothecinemaonlytofindthatthemoviehadbeenonforthirtyminutes RIGHT Theyhavegoneto reachedShanghaiforaweek WRONG Theyhavegoneto reachedShanghaiandbeenthereforaweek RIGHT Martinhasfinishedhistaskforseveralhours WRONG Martinfinishedhistaskseveralhoursago RIGHT ThetaskhasbeendonebyMartinforseveralhours RIGHT ouruniversitystudents 我们大学生 E g Ithinkthatouruniversitystudentsshoulddevelopagoodhabitoflearning IMPROPER Ithinkthatweuniversitystudentsshoulddevelopagoodhabitoflearning PROPER 父母每天应该多花些时间关心我们这些孩子 Parentsshouldspendmoretimeeverydaypayingattentiontoourchildren WRONG Parentsshouldspendmoretimeeverydaypayingattentiontouschildren RIGHT mymother she E g Mymother shehastogetupeveryearlysoastocatchthebustogotowork WRONG Mymotherhastogetupeveryearlysoastocatchthebustogotowork RIGHT make can make can t E g Thelongfreehoursintheholidaymakeshim hecandowhateverhelikesto WRONG Thelongfreehoursintheholidayenableshimtodowhateverhelikesto RIGHT Thepoorconditionsintheworkshopmaketheworkerscan tconcentrateontheirwork WRONG Thepoorconditionsintheworkshoppreventtheworkersfromconcentratingontheirwork RIGHT sendagift giveagiftE g Thisyear sEaster myhighschoolfriendKarlsent gavemeapresentfromVancouverwherehewaslearningmathinalocalcollege RIGHT Someofherfriendsintheclasssentherbirthdaygiftswhenshecametoschoolthatday WRONG Someofherfriendsintheclassgaveherbirthdaygiftswhenshecametoschoolthatday RIGHT 介词短语用作动词E g Theyusedthenewlyinventedtoolstoinsteadofthoseoldones WRONG Theyusedthenewlyinventedtoolstoreplacethoseoldones RIGHT Theyusedthenewlyinventedtoolsinsteadofthoseoldones RIGHT Thepeasantsinspiteof despitethehotweatherandworkedintheirfieldsinthemid summersun WRONG Inspiteof Despitethehotweather thepeasantsworkedintheirfieldsinthemid summersun RIGHT 动词 短语 直接作主语E g Workharderthanhisworkmatesgavehimmorechanceofpromotion WRONG Workingharderthanhisworkmatesgavehimmorechanceofpromotion RIGHT Runeverymorninghelpsstrengthenhishealth WRONG Runningeverymorninghelpsstrengthenhishealth RIGHT 句子直接做主语E g Iwaslateforclasswasbecauseofatrafficjamonmywaytoschool WRONG ThatIwaslateforclasswasbecauseofatrafficjamonmywaytoschool RIGHT Mybeinglateforclasswasbecauseofatrafficjamonmywaytoschool RIGHT Achildcandoverywellinmentalcalculatinginhisorherchildhooddoesnotmeanthatheorshecanlearnmathwellwhenheorshegrowsup WRONG Thatachildcandoverywellinmentalcalculatinginhisorherchildhooddoesnotmeanthatheorshecanlearnmathwellwhenheorshegrowsup RIGHT dowhateverIlike E g FreedommeansthatIcandowhateverIlike UNIDIOMATIC FreedommeansthatIcandowhateverIliketo PROPER FreedommeansthatIcandowhateverIliketo do PROPER DanglingModifiers 模糊修饰 E g Comparedwithspeaking Iammoreint