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ook是動(dòng)詞“做飯”。而cook也可作為名詞“廚師”講,而cooker則為廚具,餐具,即鍋、碗、勺等做飯用具。[誤]The young is dancing there.[正]The young are dancing there.[析]英文中用定冠詞加上形容詞表示一類人時(shí)應(yīng)按復(fù)數(shù)名詞,如:the rich 富人,the poor(窮人),the wise 聰明人,但如果用定冠詞加形容詞來表示事物則要用作單數(shù)名詞,如:The beautiful is still 。[誤]The stories of the book was written many years ago.[正]The stories of the book were written many years ago.[析]這句話的真正主語應(yīng)是stories,所以應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)謂語動(dòng)詞。[誤]This is one of the EnglishChinese dictionary.[正]This is one of the EnglishChinese dictionaries.[析]one of意為“……之一”,of后面的名詞要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。[誤]Let39。s go to uncle Wang for supper.[正]Let39。s go to uncle Wang39。s for supper.[析]uncle Wang39。s 意為“王叔叔家”,doctor39。s意為“醫(yī)院或私人診所”。[誤]I think we will make a friend with each other.[正]I think we will make friends with each other.[析]make friends 為習(xí)慣用法,即交朋友。[誤]I want to tell you much pieces of good news.[正]I want to tell you many pieces of good news.[析]news為不可數(shù)名詞,但加了量詞之后則要用many來修飾量詞,因量詞是可數(shù)名詞,或可以說I want to tell you some good 即可用在可數(shù)名詞前,也可用在不可數(shù)名詞前作形容詞,如:I want to tell you some pieces of good news.[誤]The teacher with five students are ing here.[正]The teacher with five students is ing here.[析]要注意由with引出的介詞短語不是本句的主語,這與連詞and有很大的區(qū)別,如:The teacher and five students are ing here. 這里由介詞引出的短語僅僅是teacher的修飾語。[誤]There are a lot of information here, but we don39。t need them.[正]There is a lot of information here, but we don39。t need it.[析]information為不可數(shù)名詞,而用作代替它的詞要用it而不能用them.[誤]Many a student make the same mistake in the exam.[正]Many a student makes the same mistake in the exam.[析]many a 加可數(shù)名詞單數(shù),作主語時(shí)其謂語動(dòng)詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式,但其意為許多學(xué)生。[誤]The children wear very good cloth to go to school today.[正]The children wear very good clothes to go to school today.[析]英文中cloth,clothes,clothing是易混之詞:cloth是物質(zhì)名詞,意為“布”,沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式,而clothing是指衣物的總稱,也沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式。clothes是指衣服,但沒有單數(shù)形式,如:This clothing is needed in warm countries. Her clothes are made of fine ,如:a school dress 校服,an evening dress晚禮服。[誤]I like to study the English.[正]I like to study English.[析]作為一種學(xué)科名詞前不要用冠詞,而作為某一特指學(xué)科則要加冠詞,如:I like to study history. I like to study the history of America.[誤]The Browns is going to visit China.[正]The Browns are going to visit China.[析]定冠詞加姓加s,則意為