初中英语常见错误之P系列
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paper
[误] Please give me two letter papers.
[正] Please give me two sheets of letter paper.
[析] paper作为纸讲为不可数名词。
[误] Each student must write paper on what he learned.
[正] Each student must write a paper on what he learned.
[析] 这里的paper作为论文讲,是可数名词。paper的这种用法还可以用于证件、报纸、考卷等。
parent
[误] My parents and I are both interested in football.
[正] My parents and I are all interested in football.
[析] parents即为父母、双亲,指两个人,加上自己为三个人,所以只能用all而不能用both.
pass
[误] The ship pasted the channel.
[正] The ship passed the channel.
[析] pass为动词,而past则为副词,不要混淆,如: My father has been ill for the past two weeks. All the students passed the exam.
pay
[误] Please help me do this job, and I will pay for you later.
[正] Please help me do this job and I will pay you later.
[析] 为某工作付给工人工资应为pay somebody, 而pay for something是为某物付款,如: You can buy all the things you want. I'll pay for those.
people
[误] There are five hundred peoples here.
[正] There are five hundred people here.
[误] There is only one people.
[正] There is only one person.
[误] People there is friendly.
[正] People there are friendly.
[析] people作为人讲时为复数名词,如要讲一个人应用one person, 而不能用people, 讲若干人时用people而不能加s,这样的用法还有police(警察)等,这些概念用单数时要换其他的词. 如: people-a person; police-policeman policewoman; youth-a young man/woman.
picture
[误] There are some spots in the picture.
[正] There are some spots on the picture.
[误] There is a young woman on the picture.
[正] There is a young woman in the picture.
[析] 指溅落在画面上的灰尘,污物是on the picture,即讲与画面内容无关的东西用on,而in the picture用于讲画面的'内容。
pity
[误] What pity that her mother must always suffer!
[正] What a pity that her mother must always suffer!
[析] pity作为遗憾之事讲常加不定冠词;但要注意作为同情、怜悯讲则不加冠词,为不可数名词,如: I feel pity for you. 它还可以用作动词,如: He pitied the poor people.
[误] I have pity for you.
[正] I have pity on you.
[析] 可怜某人时应用have (take) pity on somebody,这是个惯用法。