中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表2
［正］ the little boy is going to cross the street.
［析］ across是副詞或介詞，但不能作動詞用。
cross pass
cross是指橫過某地，如：he crossed the square. 而pass則強調從某物體旁經過，如：i mailed some letters when i passed the post office.
crowd
［誤］ the room soon was crowded by people.
［正］ the room soon was crowded with people.
［析］ crowded在這句話中應作為形容詞，所以這句話不是被動語態而是系表結構，如：the room was crowded with books.
cup
［誤］ a silver glass was given to the winner.
［正］ a silver cup was given to the winner.
［誤］ my mother was looking for the whisky cup.
［正］ my mother was looking for the whisky glass.
［析］ glass一般指由玻璃制成的器皿，而cup多指用陶瓷或金屬制成的杯子，且cup尤其用在獎杯上。喝酒多用的是玻璃制成的杯子，如我們講i drink a glass of wine at supper. 而不講i drink a cup of wine at supper.
d
dance
［誤］ we'll invite you and your wife to a dance party.
［正］ we'll invite you and your wife to a dancing party.
［正］ we'll invite you and your wife to a dance.
［正］ we'll invite you and your wife to a ball.(美語中常用ball作為舞會。)
date
［誤］ he studied ten hours a date.
［正］ he studied ten hours a day.
［析］ date是指具體日期。如問what's the date today? 應回答具體日期："october 1st 1998."而day是指1日(24小時)。如what day is today? 問的是星期幾，應回答"it's sunday."
［誤］ today's date is january first. 1998.
［正］ today's date is january 1， 1998.
［正］ today's date is january 1st， 1998.
［析］ 在日期書寫中不要用序數詞全寫，而要用1st， 2nd， 3rd……如果一定要用序數詞，其順序應為：it is the first of january.
day
［誤］ this is a book about every day english.
［正］ this is a book about everyday english.
［正］ this is an everyday english book.
［誤］ we go to school everyday.
［正］ we go to school every day.
［析］ everyday是形容詞，意為"日常的"，而every day則是"每天"、"天天"之意。
dead
［誤］ my father has died for ten years.
［正］ my father has been dead for ten years.
［析］ die是瞬間動詞，它可以用于完成時，如：my father has died. 但用于完成時不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用。它也可以用于過去時，如：my father died three years ago
［誤］ we'll always remember the deads who were killed in the war.
［正］ we'll always remember the dead who were killed in the war.
［析］ 形容詞前如加定冠詞表示一類人，如the rich(富人)，the sick(病人)，the poor(窮人)，其后的謂語動詞要用復數，如：the rich are not always happy.
dead deadly
dead在某些詞組里是"完全"、"的確"的意思，如dead right, dead tired, dead sure。而deadly則是"致命的"，如：the rich man had many deadly enemies. 又如：cancer is a deadly disease.