1、常见英文用法错误-DI. 基本文法说明damage (损害、损失)当动词的时候通常为被动语法 人/事物 be damaged 表示主词的某部位或某部分被损伤了。而当名词的时候，特别注意 damage 为不可数名词，所以不用加 -s或者冠词。另外「造成损失、伤害」用 do/cause damage。2. 错误发生情况及修正A.误用 damage 来指人受伤例 Alan was very lucky and was only slightly damaged in the car accident. (X)
2、Alan was very lucky and was only slightly hurt in the car accident. (O)艾伦很幸运只在这次车祸意外中受了点轻伤。damage 指的是事物的部份或人的部位受到损害损伤，如果是要泛指人在意外中所受的伤害，通常会使用 hurt/injured/wounded 这类的动词来表达。例 The engine was seriously damaged. 引擎损伤严重。例 A lot of people were killed and others
3、 were injured in the 921 earthquake.很多人在这次九二一地震中伤亡。B.误把 damage 当作可数名词使用例 The typhoon caused a lot of damages. (X)The typhoon caused a lot of damage. (O)这次的台风造成了很大的损害。记得 damage 当名词用的时候为不可数名词，既不能加 ?Cs 也不能加冠词。C.为 damage搭配错误的动词例 The floods made a lot of dama
4、ge. (X)The flood caused a lot of damage. (O)这场洪水造成了很大的伤害。例 Most of the damage has been produced by the rats. (X)Most of the damage has been done by the rats. (O)大部分的损害都是老鼠造成的。「造成损失、伤害」的适当动词搭配为 do/cause damage 而非 make 或 produce。D.「对~造成伤害」的特定介系词例 The earth
5、quake caused serious damage of the surrounding buildings. (X)The earthquake caused serious damage to the surrounding buildings. (O)这场地震对周遭的建筑物都造成了严重的损伤。例 The damage that staying up late can do in our health is beyond imagination. (X)The damage that stayi
6、ng up late can do to our health is beyond imagination. (O) 熬夜对我们健康所造成的伤害是超乎想象的。记得「对~造成伤害」用的是 cause/do damage to sth。dead 和 died 不同的「死法」1. 基本文法说明dead (死的)是形容词，用来描述一种状态。而 died则是 die (死亡、去世)的过去式/过去分词。2. 错误发生情况及修正A.误把 dead (死的) 用成「死亡去世」的意思例 My mother is dead
7、 when I was still a baby. (X)My mother died when I was still a baby. (O)我母亲在我还是小婴儿的时候就去世了。这边亲人去世死亡已经是个既成的事实而非状态，所以应该用 died 而非dead。以下是两个正确的范例：例 I can’t tell if this cat is dead or alive. 我无法分辨这只猫是死的还是活的。例 Fay Johnson died from a heart attack. 费强森死于心脏病发。B.
8、「死人」的正确说法例 The purpose of this gathering is to honor the dead people. (X)The purpose of this gathering is to honor the dead. (O)这个聚会的目的是要纪念那些死去的人。当你要表达「死者」或「死去的人」，记得不要用字面的 the dead people 而是要说成 the dead。degree 当「学位」的用法I. 基
