美国大学生常见语法错误

王朝英语沙龙·作者佚名  2007-01-10
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网友Camden2002今天上午给我发来一篇英文文章,作者是美国一所大学的英语讲师,内容则是美国大学生常犯的十大错误(top ten grammar problems)。Camden2002网友建议我把这篇文章翻译出来,让国内的英语学习者看看,美国大学生常犯的这些错误,我们自己是否也常犯。这个建议非常好,不过我最近比较忙,各位的时间也很宝贵,所以我只把这十大语法错误的大意翻译出来,供各位参考一下。另外请注意:在下面的十组例句中,第一句是病句,第二句则是改正过来的句子。

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.

 
 
 
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