Common Errors II
文章發表：2015/02/11
Some more common errors for you to study over the new year vacation.
Task 1: Study the error box.
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Frequent Error Box 1: thank
Notes:
Never write: “Thank you for your + Ving”
It’s Chinglish! |
Another common error is ‘make’ and ‘let’. ‘Make’ means force someone to do something they don’t want to do; ‘let’ means allow someone to do something they want to do.
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Frequent Error Box 2: make & let
Notes:
*Request can be a noun and a verb. Take care.
*The verb chunks are: ‘request n.p.’ or ‘request that v.p.’
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Task 2: Correct these sentences. Use the error boxes to help you.
Please let me see your result.
Thank you for your listening.
My boss lets me to come to work late.
Thank you for your coming.
My supervisor makes me to do too much work.
Thank you for your getting back to me.
It makes me to feel sad.
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*2015/02/13更新
Here are the answers from last week.
Please let me see your result.
Thank you for listening.
My boss lets me come to work late.
Thank you for coming.
My supervisor makes me do too much work.
Thank you for getting back to me.
It makes me feel sad.
