1. 我有重要的事情要告訴你。

誤：I have important something to tell you.

正：I have something important to tell you.

析：當(dāng)復(fù)合不定代詞，如something， anything， everything， nothing等被形容詞修飾時，形容詞要放在其后。

2. 她和你父親一樣是位好老師。

誤：She is as a good teacher as your father.

正：She is as good a teacher as your father.

析：在as …… as結(jié)構(gòu)中，若形容詞作定語修飾單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，不定冠詞a （an）應(yīng)置于形容詞和名詞之間，不可放在形容詞之前。

3. 那里的人喜歡喝茶。

誤：There people like drinking tea.

正：People there like drinking tea.

析：表示方位的副詞，如here， there， upstairs， downstairs， below， home等也可作定語，但通常放在所修飾的詞之后。

4. 你認(rèn)為我們首先應(yīng)當(dāng)做什么？

誤：What do you think should we do first？

正：What do you think we should do first？

析：英語中如果特殊疑問句中插入以一般疑問句式出現(xiàn)的插入語，如do you think等，則特殊疑問句本身的主語、謂語一般仍按陳述語序，而不再使用疑問語序。

5. 昨天他從馬上跌了下來。

誤：He fell the horse off yesterday.

正：He fell off the horse yesterday.

析：fall off中的off是介詞，并非副詞，所以應(yīng)放在賓語之前。

6. 王濤有時上學(xué)遲到。

誤：Wang Tao sometimes is late for school.

正：Wang Tao is sometimes late for school.

析：頻度副詞sometimes， often， usually， always等通常位于實義動詞之前，be動詞之后。

7. 這孩子沒到上學(xué)的年齡。

誤：The boy is not enough old to go to school.

正：The boy is not old enough to go to school.

析：當(dāng)enough， very much等修飾形容詞或副詞時，應(yīng)放在形容詞或副詞之后。

8. 你還要別的什么嗎？

誤：Else what would you like？

正：What else would you like？

析：else修飾疑問詞或不定代詞時，應(yīng)放在它們的后面，又如：Do you want anything else？

9. 請你不要打開窗戶，好嗎？

誤：Would you not please open the window？

正：Would you please not open the window？

析：“Would you please ……”用于委婉地提出建議、請求等。其否定形式應(yīng)為：“Would you please not ……”

10. 昨天所有的學(xué)生都去了公園。

誤：The all students went to the park yesterday.

正：All the students went to the park yesterday.

析：當(dāng)all， both等作定語修飾名詞，且名詞又有the修飾時，all， both等通常放在之前

11. 她撿起了筆，把它還給了我。

誤：She picked up the pen and gave back it to me.

正：She picked up the pen and gave it back to me.

析：由及物動詞加副詞構(gòu)成的短語，當(dāng)賓語是代詞時，代詞一般放在副詞之前。

12. 你知道他什么時候回來嗎？

誤：Do you know when will he come back？

正：Do you know when he will come back？

析：在含有賓語從句的復(fù)合句中，賓語從句連接詞之后應(yīng)該用陳述語序。

13. 他會玩電腦，我也會。

誤：He can use a computer. So I can.

正：He can use a computer. So can I.

析：以so或neither （nor）開頭的句子，若前一句的情況適合另一個人或事物時，句子要倒裝。