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托福写作语法常见误区

 

  作文是考试的重中之重,英文作文总是语法错误怎么办呢?想必是不少出国人士比较关心的问题,和出国留学网一起来看看托福写作语法常见误区!欢迎阅读。

  托福写作语法常见误区

  1. "amounts of"和"numbers of"的用法一样吗?

  我曾经在作文里写过"amounts of people have the opportunity to work at home nowadays"类似这样的句子,我发现也有很多同学写过"a great amount of historical buildings"或"the amount of printed books"这样的表达。后来才知道将"amounts of"或"an amount of"当成了"a lot of"或"lots of"的表达是不准确的。

  "a lot of"或"lots of"一般来说的确不太适合用在书面表达中,但是它们修饰的名词可以是可数名词,也可以是不可数名词,因此用不着多做考虑。然而,用"an amount of"或"amounts of"来修饰的名词,根据标准用法的要求,应该修饰物质名词(如water)或抽象名词(如pain),也就是不可数的名词。因此,用它们来修饰"people"、"buildings"这样的可数名词是不正确的。那么,什么量词用来修饰可数名词呢?"a number of"或"numbers of",如:"a large number of cars"。

  语法要点:"an amount of"或"amounts of"用在不可数名词前面,而"a number of"或"numbers of"用在可数名词前面。其区别基本相当于"many"和"much"的区别。

  2. "between"后面能接两个以上的事物或人物吗?

  "between"和"among" 区别也是我在备战托福考试时常问的一个问题。有这样的说法:"between"表示"两者之间",后面应该接两个事物或人物;"among"表示"多者之间",后面接三个及其以上的事物或人物。

  事实上,在地道的英文文献中,"between"后面放n多个事物或人物也是常见到的。那么,"between"和"among"两个介词的意思区别在哪儿呢?"between"更为强调多个事物或人物中相互之间"一对一"的关系,如"the conflicts between the three kin...

托福作文需留神的语法错误

 

  在托福写作中出现语法错误,会影响托福作文的品质,拉低托福作文分值,下面是出国留学网托福作文栏目小编为大家带来的托福作文写作中需要注意的语法错误!和小编一起来看看吧!

  1. 用词不当

  原:The absence of groupwork is a disaster for teenagers in modern society.

  改:The absence of teamwork is a disaster for teenagers in modern society.

  评:groupwork是“分组”或者“小组集体任务”的意思。这位同学原本想说teamwork“团队合作”,却用了一个看起来很像,但实际完全不同的词,表达出来的意思就风马牛不相及了。

  原:You will be dangerous if you keep moving without a clear view of the whole picture.

  改:You will be in danger if you keep moving without a clear view of the whole picture.

  评:dangerous表示所修饰的对象是“带来危险的,有危险性的”,而be in danger才是“身处险境”的意思。到底谁才是威胁呢?

  原:Firstly, the job, providing the opportunity for students to utilize what they learned in class, might effect their further development.

  改:Firstly, the job, providing the opportunity for students to utilize what they learned in class, might affect their further development.

  评:模样长得像,意思可不同了。这里想用动词affect表示“影响”,却误写为名词effect“效果”,一字千里啊!

  2. 搭配错误

  原:Nowadays, people are crazy pursuing to be excellent.

  改:Nowadays, people are crazy about excellence.

  评:这位同学显然记错了be crazy about sth. 这个用法,写出来的句子自然会出问题啦。

  原:Besides, public speech can effectively increase your communication skills, which facilitate your salesman career.

  改:Besides, public speech can effectively improve your communication skills, which facilitate your salesman career.

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