中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表2
enter常作為及物動詞使用，如：the bus entered the english tunnel.
congratulate
［誤］ i want to congratulate you for your success with all my heart.
［正］ i want to congratulate you on your success with all my heart.
［析］ 動詞congratulate somebody on something是"向某人祝賀某事"。其名詞congratulation在用時一般要用復數，如：i offered him my congratulations on his success.
又如：congratulations!
cook
［誤］ my father is a good cooker.
［正］ my father is a good cook.
［析］ 很多動詞加上er則變為執行該動作的一種人，如workworker,teachteacher. 但cook即是動詞"做飯"，同時名詞也是"廚師"。而cooker則是"廚具"、"炊具"之意。如：i will cook the dinner. i bought a good press cooker(高壓鍋)。
corner
［誤］ there is a post office in the corner of the street.
［正］ there is a post office at the corner of the street.
［誤］ a girl sat at the corner of the room.
［正］ a girl sat in the corner of the room.
［析］ in the corner是在建筑物內部的角上，而at the corner是在外部的角上，如：there is a big tree at the corner of the building.
cost
［誤］ i cost ten dollars for the book.
［正］ i spent ten dollars on the book.
［誤］ i cost two hours to do my homework.
［正］ it took me two hours to do my homework.
［析］ cost, spend. take都可以作"花費"講，但用法不同。cost的用法是"something+cost+somebody+時間或金錢"，如：the book cost me ten dollars. spend的用法是"somebody+spend+時間+(in)doing something"，如：i spent two hours (in) writing this book. 或"somebody+spend+金錢+on something"，如：i spend two dollars on this book. 而take的用法則要用邏輯主語it:"it+takes+somebody+時間+to do something", 如：it took me an hour to clean the classroom.
country
［誤］ you can find cows in a country.
［正］ you can find cows in the country.
［析］ country即可作"國家"講，也可作"農村"講。當作"農村"講時，一定要加定冠詞，而且只有單數形式。例如：
［誤］ farmers live in the countries.
［正］ farmers live in the country.
［析］ 但作為"國家"講時則可有單、復數形式，例如：japan is an asian country. japan, china, and india are asian countries.另外，country一般指的是地理概念上的國家，如：new zealand is an agricultural country. 而nation多指民族組成的國家，如：the chinese nation(中華民族)。state多側重于政權方面的區域、國家范圍，如：the state farm(國營農場)。
cross
［誤］ there are traffic lights at the cross.
［正］ there are traffic lights at the crossing.
［析］ cross作為名詞講時是十字架、十字形的東西，如：red cross(紅十字會)。
［誤］ the little boy is going to across the street.