1. dress
　　
　　［誤］My father bought a new dress for himself yesterday.
　?。壅軲y father bought a new suit for himself yesterday.
　　［析］一般來講男套裝用suit, 女服則用dress; 作男服的服裝店是tailor shop (tailor's), 而做女裝的服裝店是dressmaker's.
　　
　?。壅`］The mother dressed the clothes on her child.
　　［正］The mother dressed her child.
　?。畚觯載ress作及物動詞當(dāng)“穿衣服”講時，其后不能接衣服而只能接人，如：The boy is still too young to dress himself. 但作為一種穿著打扮的狀態(tài)時，則多用其過去分詞作形容詞，如：He is not dressed in his new suit.或She is dressed in red. 詞組dress up是過節(jié)日時應(yīng)服裝整齊，如：They dressed up for the holiday.
　　
　　dress, have on, put on, wear
　　要區(qū)別這幾個動詞需分清是表示動作的動詞還是表示狀態(tài)的動詞。表示狀態(tài)的動詞是have on和wear, 如：He has on a white coat. He was wearing heavy shoes. 而put on則表示穿衣的動作，如：Put on your coat, it is cold outside.而dress既可以作狀態(tài)又可以作動作，作動作講時其后面接人而不能接衣服，作穿著狀態(tài)時則多用dressed的形式。如：I saw a lady dressed in red. I saw a girl dressing herself.　
　　
　　2. drop
　　
　　［誤］The students fell their voice.
　?。壅軹he students dropped their voice.
　?。畚觯載rop與fall都可以表示“落下、掉下”之意，有時可以互換，如：The dictionary fell (dropped) from the table. 但drop還可以作及物動詞，而fall一般只能作不及物動詞。
　　
　?。壅`］I shall drop in you.　
　　［正］I shall drop in on you.
　?。畚觯載rop in是隨便拜訪某人，而其后要接人時應(yīng)加介詞on再加人稱。
　　
　　3. during
　　
　?。壅`］During I was sick, I couldn't eat well.
　　［正］While I was sick, I couldn't eat well.
　?。畚觯載uring后不能接從句，而when和while后可接從句。
　　
　　［誤］I have been studying English during three days.
　?。壅軮 have been studying English for three days.
　?。畚觯載uring不能表達(dá)一個動作持續(xù)多長的時間，而只能表達(dá)在某段時間內(nèi)某事件的發(fā)生。即帶有由during引導(dǎo)的時間狀語的句子只能用過去時，不能用完成時。
　　
　　4. each
　　
　?。壅`］Every of them has his habit.
　?。壅軪ach of them has his habit.
　?。畚觯輊ach可以作形容詞，但也可作代詞，而every只能作形容詞。
　　
　?。壅`］The manager comes to America almost each month.
　　［正］The manager comes to America almost every month.
　?。畚觯輊ach與every都作形容詞講時，都有“每個”之意，但有不同。each多指個體，而every則多指整體。如：We want every student to succeed. each不同來表達(dá)總體概念，所以不能與almost, nearly, likely等詞連用。
　　
　?。壅`］We each has a book.
　?。壅軼e each have a book.
　　［析］each 作同位語時，其數(shù)應(yīng)與其同位的名詞相同，而each作主語時則應(yīng)取其單數(shù)形式。
　
　　each other, one another
　　each other與one another這兩個詞組的區(qū)別在很多。語法書中強調(diào)each other是兩者之間，而one another是多者之間，其實不然，如：All students must care for each other, must love and help each other. 事實上這兩個詞組是同義的，如果要講有什么區(qū)別的話，當(dāng)我們非?；\統(tǒng)地談，而不特指什么人時，多用one another.
　　
　　5. early
　　
　　［誤］Could you come here more early
　?。壅軨ould you come here earlier
　?。畚觯輪我艄?jié)和少數(shù)雙音節(jié)副詞的比較級和最高級要用-er和-est來作其結(jié)尾，如fast, soon, early, hard, long, near等。
　　
　　6. earth
　　
　　［誤］What on the earth do you mean
　?。壅軼hat on earth do you mean
　?。畚觯輔n earth這一詞組在句中為的是加強語氣，其意為“究竟”、“到底”。而作為“地球”講時則要加定冠詞，如：How far is the earth from the moon. 而作為“泥土”講時則為不可數(shù)名詞，如：He filled the pot with earth and wanted to plant some flowers.
　　
　　7. easy
　　
　?。壅`］You can easy imagine my surprise.
　?。壅軾ou can easily imagine my surprise.
　　［析］easy只在有限的詞組中被用作副詞，如take it easy（不要緊張），go easy, stand easy等。例如：Easy come, easy go.（錢來得容易花得也快。）Easier said than done.（說的容易做著難。）
　
　　8. east 
　　
　　［誤］Japan is on the east of China.
　?。壅軯apan is to the east of China.
　?。畚觯菰谥v述地理位置時，有3個介詞常用，它們是in, on和to, 其中in表示處于所表達(dá)的范圍之內(nèi)，如：Shanghai is in the east of China. on則表示雙方接壤，如：North Korea is on the northeast of China. 而表示互不相接的兩部分時則用to, 如：Taiwan is to the east of Fujian.
　　
　　9. either
　　
　?。壅`］--- I don't like opera.
　　--- I don't like too.
　?。壅?-- I don't like opera.
　　--- I don't like either.
　?。畚觯菰诜穸ň渲杏胑ither表示“也”，而在肯定句中用too表示“也”。
　　
　?。壅`］Either you or I are right.
　?。壅軪ither you or I am right.
　?。畚觯葸@在語法書中被稱作就近原則，即哪個主語離謂語動詞近，則應(yīng)采用與哪個主語相一致的謂語動詞，相同用法的還有neither ... nor ...，not only ... but also ...，以及or在連接兩個主語時。如：You or he is to go home. The others will have to stay in the classroom.
　　
　　10. elder

　?。壅`］My older brother has gone to Shanghai.
　　［正］My elder brother has gone to Shanghai.
　?。畚觯菰诒硎拘纸愕拈L幼時應(yīng)用elder表示“哥哥姐姐”，如：my elder sister 姐姐，但表示歲數(shù)時則多用older，如：She is two years older than I.?