maybe perhaps ?
这两个词的词意一样,maybe常用于非正式谈话,而perhaps则多用在正式文体中。如: Maybe/Perhaps the weather will get better. 而?Julius Caesar? is perhaps the greatest of Shakespeare's early plays.?
mend ?
[误] I want to have my bike mended.?
[正] I want to have my bike repaired.?
[析] mend意为"缝补",如: My mother mended my coat. 而repair是"修理"。?
mind ?
[误] Could you mind to close the door??
[正] Could you mind closing the door??
[误] Try to make up your mind studying hard.?
[正] Try to make up your mind to study hard.?
[析] mind用作动词时,其后加动名词;而用作名词意为"下定决心"时,其后要加不定式。 ?要注意Do you mind if I smoke?的答语: 如果你不介意,应回答"No, go ahead."如果你不想让对方吸烟,则应讲"Yes, please don't."?
miss ?
[误] I found my bag missed.?
[正] I found my bag missing.?
[析] missing为形容词,其意为"不见了"、"丢了"。在句中用作宾语补足语时不要误用missed,它作动词时多为及物动词,要接名词或动名词,而不接不定式。如: I missed the first train, I don't want to miss seeing the famous football player.?在作补足语讲某物"不见了"时有missing, gone, lost等,如: I found my bag missing (gone, lost).?
mistake ?
[误] I took your pen by wrong.?
[正] I took your pen by mistake.?
[析] by mistake是"错拿了"、"误拿了"你的东西。wrong意为"错误",而by mistake为"弄混了"。如:?
[误] If I'm not wrong, you are Mr Brown.?
[正] If I'm not mistaken, you are Mr Brown. (如果我没弄错的话,您是Brown先生。)
[误] The teachers always mistook me as my brother.?
[正] The teachers always mistook me for my brother.?
[析] mistake…for…是"错把……当作……"之意,如: I took your book for mine.?
more ?
[误] This book is more better than that one.?
[正] This book is much better than that one.?
[析] 不能用比较级来修饰比较级,而应用much, rather等来修饰比较级。?
[误] More you read, more you learn.?
[正] The more you read, the more you learn.?
[析] 在"越……越……的"表达法中,形容词的比较级前要加定冠词。请注意more than one这个词组的后面要跟单数名词和单数谓语动词。如: More than one student is going to do part time job after school.?