中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表4
mistake
［誤］ i took your pen by wrong.
［正］ i took your pen by mistake.
［析］ by mistake是"錯拿了"、"誤拿了"你的東西。wrong意為"錯誤"，而by mistake為"弄混了"。如：
［誤］ if i'm not wrong, you are mr brown.
［正］ if i'm not mistaken, you are mr brown. (如果我沒弄錯的話，您是brown先生。)
［誤］ the teachers always mistook me as my brother.
［正］ the teachers always mistook me for my brother.
［析］ mistake…for…是"錯把……當作……"之意，如： i took your book for mine.
more
［誤］ this book is more better than that one.
［正］ this book is much better than that one.
［析］ 不能用比較級來修飾比較級，而應用much, rather等來修飾比較級。
［誤］ more you read, more you learn.
［正］ the more you read, the more you learn.
［析］ 在"越……越……的"表達法中，形容詞的比較級前要加定冠詞。請注意more than one這個詞組的后面要跟單數名詞和單數謂語動詞。如： more than one student is going to do part time job after school.
no more than not morethan
no more than應譯為"只不過"、"才"，如： he wrote no more than three books. 即他真正寫了三本書。而not more than則意為"不會多于"，如： he wrote not more than three books. 即他寫的書不會多于三本。又如： he is no shorter than you. 應譯為"你和他都不矮"，而he is not shorter than you. 才應譯為"他比你高。"
most
［誤］ most of students are good at english.
［正］ most of the students are good at english.
［正］ most students are good at english.
［析］ most of這一結構后面的名詞前一定要有一個限定詞。
［誤］ my friends are most teachers.
［正］ my friends are mostly teachers.
［析］ mostly意為"大部分的"，"主要的"。
much
［誤］ the boy was asleep very much.
［正］ the boy was fast asleep.
［析］ 不是所有的形容詞都可以用very來修飾，如fast asleep意為"熟睡"，則是固定搭配。像interesting, exciting, surprising這些形容詞化的現在分詞，以及tired, interested這些形容詞化的過去分詞則要用very來修飾。
must
［誤］ he must be in the office, and mustn't go home.
［正］ he must be in the office, and can't go home.
［析］ must加動詞原形為對事情的肯定推測，而否定的推測則要用can't加動詞原形。
［誤］ it must have rained now.
［正］ it must have rained yesterday.
［析］ "must+have+過去分詞"為對過去發生事情的推測。這句話應譯為"昨天一定是下雨了。"又如： i must go and call him. he must have forgotten it.
must have to
must用來表示說話者覺得某件事有必要去做，如i must stop smoking. 其意為：我自己認為我要戒煙；而have to則多用來表達由于來自外界的因素而不得不去做的事，如： i have to go to school tomorrow.must無過去式，當用在講過去某件必須要做的事時要用had to, 如： when i was young, i had to go to the factory.在否定句中mustn't意為：一定不要做某事，如： you mustn't tell this to tom. 而haven't to則多意為沒有必要去做，如： you don't have to tell this to tom. 而英語中多用needn't 來取代haven't to.