如:“Since we cannot know what particular bit of knowledge a child will need in the future,it is senseless to force him to learn it.”,這句話中,him和it這兩個代詞都有明確的先行詞,分別是a child和knowledge,因此句子的含義非常清楚。
學生作文中用詞搭配方面的錯誤也占有較大比例。曾經在一次六級作文閱卷中,近千篇作文在表達“上海交通越來越擁擠”這個意思時,幾乎沒有一篇用 heavier,大多數人用的是The traffic in Shanghai is getting more and more crowded,而traffic是不能與crowded搭配的。
1、誤:However the speed of a car is much faster than that of a bicycle.
正:However the speed of a car is much higher than that of a bicycle.
【說明】speed只能和high,low,good,top,normal,fantastic,moderate,surprising等搭配,不能與fast,quick,slow搭配。但可以這樣說A car is much faster in speed than a bicycle.
2、誤:In the past the price of milk was so expensive that most families could not afford it.
正:In the past the price of milk was so high that most families couldn’t afford it.
【說明】price只和high,low,inflated,moderate,minimum,original,popular,prevailing,published,reduced,reasonable等搭配,不能與expensive,cheap搭配,但可以說In the past,milk was so expensive that most families couldn’t afford it.