英文写作常见错误(三)

在本专栏中,我会从学生作文中挑选一些较为常见的错误,进行总结和详细的讲解。


1 前后人称不一致先来看两个句子:1 As people's livings standards have improved, we tend to buy private cars.

2 Home education is vital for an immature child since it plays a crucial role in one's outlook.

这两句话,就存在典型的前后人称不一致,即同一句话前后使用不同的名词来指代同一人群。同一句话中,第二次提到同一人/事物时,一般要使用代词

两句话可改为:1 As people's livings standards have improved, there is a trend towards buying private cars.随着人们生活标准的提高,人们倾向于购买私家车[直接避免人称] 或者写成:

1) As our livings standards have improved, we tend to buy private cars.

2 Home education is vital for an immature child since it plays a crucial role in his(or her) outlook.家庭教育对于没有成熟的孩子来说很重要,因为家庭教育对其人生观世界观的养成很重要

英文中,除了his (or her),还可以使用their来指代前面性别未知的人,不过这种用法主要出现在口语中,在正式书面语中用的较少。

这种错误不仅限于指代人,对于任何名词都是这样。比如下面这句话就有错误:Remote working is favoured by many employees, because working at home eliminates the need to commute.(X)应改为:

Remote working is favoured by many employees, because it eliminates the need to commute.远程工作备受很多员工的支持,因为远程工作避免了通勤

我们在对名词成分进行同义替换时,应该是针对不同句子之间。比如第一句话用了remote working,那么接下来第二句话或者下一段就可以用同义替换working at home/teleworking等等,但是在同一句话内,需要用代词。

2 句子成分重复

句子成分重复,指的是同一个信息在一句话中重复提及了两次,比如主语和状语中的信息重复。这严格来说不属于语法上的错误,但是会使句子不够简洁,能避免则避免

比如下面两句话:1.With parents' respect and care for adolescents, they can develop correct values and distinguish right from wrong.(With...从句修饰的就是主句,respect/care的宾语很明显就是主语adolescents/they)

2.As technology advances rapidly, it has changed people's lifestyles.(it指代的就是as从句的内容,存在重复)

这两句话可以改为:

1.With parents' respect and care, adolescents can can develop correct values and distinguish right from wrong.有了父母的尊重和关爱,青少年可以养成正确的价值观,区分对错

2.Rapid advances in technology have changed people's lifestyles.科技的快速发展改变了人们的生活方式

再比如下面这句话:Rich students have acccess to use high-quality educational resources.access的英文释义为the right or opportunity to have or use sth,已经包含了use的意思。后面再加use的话,就属于语义重复了。直接have access to sth就可以了。

3 句子主要成分之间加逗号

句子主要成分主要包括主、谓、宾、表、补在这几个成分之间一般是不能加逗号的,比如,有些同学可能会觉得主语很长,于是在后面加个逗号断句,这是错误的:

The idea that a post-graduate degree guarantees better jobs, is popular among college students.(X)The idea that a post-graduate degree is linked with better jobs is popular among college students.很多大学生都认为拥有硕士学历可以找到更好的工作

除非中间出现了插入语、同位语或非限制定语从句等需要逗号的结构。如:

Many countries, such as Britain and Italy, have decided to combat global warming.

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