和谐英语

这样的英语不地道大学生最常见的语法错误

2007-11-16来源:
一、句子之间缺少过渡性的单词或词组

① salmons swim upstream, they leap over huge dams to reach their destination.

② salmons swim upstream, and then they leap over huge dams to reach their destination.

二、省字号(')的滥用

① the government's plan

② the plan of the government

三、代词之间的性、数、格不一致

① everyone has their homework.

② everyone has his (or her) homework.

四、主句与从句的顺序不当

① some of the new dot-com millionaires found out the party was over, after the nasdaq value dropped by over two thirds.

② after the nasdaq value dropped by over two thirds, some of the new dot-com millionaires found out the party was over.

五、双重否定

① barely no one noticed that the pop star lip-synched during the whole performance.

② barely anyone noticed that the pop star lip-synched during the whole performance.

六、修饰语、插入语的位置不当

① the forest fire, no longer held in check by the exhausted firefighters, jumped the firebreak.

② no longer held in check by the exhausted firefighters, the forest fire jumped the firebreak.

七、意义含糊的先行词

① the band members collected his and her uniforms.

② the band members collected their uniforms.

八、介词和冠词的滥用

① the project of the government reduces the costs of production of the private firms.

② the government project reduces the production costs of private firms.

九、句子缺少成分

① when aiming for the highest returns, and also thinking about the possible losses.

② when aiming for the highest returns, investors also should think about the possible losses.

十、忘记断句

① i do not recall what kind of printer it was all i remember is that it could sort, staple, and print a packet at the same time.

② i do not recall what kind of printer it was. all i remember is that it could sort, staple, and print a packet at the same time.