錯例1:Can you tell me how many students are there in this class?
正解:Can you tell me howmany students there are inthis class?
錯例2:Theywere more worried about how far did they have to walk to get to the trainstation and could they catch the train before it left.
正解:They were moreworried about how far they had to walk to get to the train station and if they could catch the train before it left.
改錯練習(xí):
1. It’s hard to decide when and where will we hold the sports meeting.
2. If you want to learn about the latest developments and discoveriesfrom around the world, you will read about them in journals and researchreports published in English, no matter whether are the scientists who wrotethem from China or Norway.
雙謂語
確保一句中有且僅有一個謂語動詞
錯例:It is unclear recycling can control pollution.
正解:It is unclear whether recycling can control pollution.
改錯練習(xí):
1. It is advertising makes us buy something impulsively.
2. There are two line charts show the unemployment rate fluctuates in China.
3. The percentage of families have one car increased greatly.
單復(fù)數(shù),冠詞
錯例:Oneof the most challenging problem is who should be responsible for looking after the elderly people.
正解:Oneof the most challenging problems is who should be responsible for looking after the elderly people.
改錯練習(xí):
1. What our modernsociety values are the personality and creativity.
2. Private car willexert adverse impacts on the environment and traffic of the whole society.
3. Long-distance education provides students interesting way to learn.
標點
逗號表示句子內(nèi)部的一般性停頓。兩個具有獨立含義的句子,在沒有連詞的情況下簡單地被一個逗號隔開是不正確的。改正這樣的錯誤須用句號或分號代替逗號,或用并列連詞(and, but, or, so, nor, yet)連接兩個句子,或用從屬連詞(because,as, although等),否則會導(dǎo)致句子出現(xiàn)語法錯誤。
錯例:Some people believe children in secondaryschool should study international news as a subject, others think that’sa waste of time.
正解:Some people believe children in secondaryschool should study international news as a subject. However, others think that’s a waste of time.
或:Some people believe children in secondaryschool should study international news as a subject, but others think that’s a waste of time.
改錯練習(xí):
1. Students should do some housework, it is goodfor them to be independent.
2. They are far away from parents and friends, theycan deal with everything by themselves.