Những lỗi thường gặp trong cấu trúc tiếng Anh

DANH TỪ KHÔNG ĐẾM ĐƯỢC:

- Furniture, music, health và happiness là những danh từ không có dạng số nhiều mà cũng không phải là danh từ số ít.

=> Không thể dùng chúng với a, an, few, many, several,...

Ví dụ:

[U]: không đếm được

[C]: danh từ đếm được

[U or C]: có thể đếm hoặc không đếm được

Một vài ví dụ cho danh từ không đếm được:

• He gave me an advice

         => He gave me some advice
         => He gave ma a piece of advice (*)

• He gave me a lot of advices

• He gave me many advices

         => He gave me a lot of advice

(*) Chúng ta thêm "piece of" hoặc "item of" trước một số danh từ để làm chúng thành danh từ đếm được.

1.  Information => Pieces of information
2. Advice => Pieces of advice
3. Transport => Methods of transport
4. Equipment => Pieces of equipment
5. Behaviour* => Types of behaviour
6. Research* => Pieces of research
7. Training
8. Knowledge
9. Software => Pieces of software
10. Accommodation

Ví dụ:

LỖI CHÍNH TẢ:

1. Accommodation

2. Which

3. Government

4. Beginning

5. Definitely

6. Successful

7. Environment

8. Advertisement

9. Believe

10. Colleague

10 LỖI THƯỜNG GẶP VERB + NOUN:

       1. Experience:

• I know several people who have made the same experience.
• I know several people who have had the same experience.

       2. Friend:

• I found it difficult to find friends and felt very lonely.
• I found it difficult to make friends and felt very lonely.

       3. Research:

• It is impossible to make any research without the internet.
• It is impossible to do any research without the internet.

       4. Work:

• Anna makes her work very efficiently.
• Anna does her work very efficiently.

       5. Mistake:

• People often do the same mistakes.
• People often make the same mistakes.

       6. Survey:

• I made a survey of the level of job satisfaction of our department.
• I carried out/ did a survey of the level of job satisfaction of our department.

       7. Effort:

• It is worth doing an effort to live a healthier life.
• It is worth making an effort to live a healthier life.

       8. Child/ children/ baby:

• They married young, got two children and led an ordinary life.
• They married young, had two children and led an ordinary life.

       9. Business:

• I spent 3 days in the office making business by phone.
• I spent 3 days in the office conducting/ doing business

     10. Change:

• They suggested doing some changes to the schedule.
• They suggested making some changes to the schedule.

10 LỖI THƯỜNG GẶP ADJECTIVE + NOUN:

       1. Number/ amount/ quantity:

• A big number of tourists/ customers/ students
• A large number of tourists/ customers/ students

       2. Choice:

• They offer only a little choice of cold snacks.
• They offer a limited/ narrow choice of cold snacks.

       3. Range/ variety/ choice:

• There is a big range of study materials  available.
• There is a wide range of study materials available.
• They provide a big variety of hot meals every day.
• They provide a wide variety of hot meals every day.
• They offer a bigger choice of hot meals.
• They offer a wider choice of hot meals.

       4. Noise:

• Suddenly there was a big noise.
• Suddenly there was a loud noise.

       5. Pressure:

• I am already overworked and under high pressure.
• I am already overworked and under great/ a lot of pressure.

       6. Importance:

• This fact is of very big importance to me.
• This fact is of very great importance to me.

       7. Amount:

• They earn a high amount of money.
• They earn a large amount of money.

       8. Tree/ building/ person:

• It is a high building.
• It is a tall building.
• He is not very high.
• He is very tall.

       9. Progress:

• I have made quite big progress in speaking English.
• I have made great/ a lot of progress in speaking English.

      10. Decrease:

• There was a little decrease in profits in the second year.
• There was a slight decrease in profits in the second year.

10 LỖI KẾT NỐI VERB + VERB:

       1. Suggest:

• Suggest (sb) to do sth

=> I suggest to send our colleagues on a similar course.

• Suggest (that) sb do sth

=> I suggest (that) we send our colleagues on a similar course.

       2. Recommend:

• Recommend to do sth

=> I recommend to employ a part-time assistant.

• Recommend doing sth

=> I recommend employing a part-time assistant.

       3. Look forward to:

• Look forward to do sth

=> I look forward to hear from you.

• Look forward to doing sth

=> I look forward to hearing from you.

       4. Need:

• Need do sth; need doing sth

=> We need resolve a lot of their important problems.

• Need to do sth

=> We need to resolve a lot of their important problems.

       5. Consider:

• Consider to do sth

=> I would like you to consider to refund at least some of my money.

• Consider doing sth

=> I would like you to consider refunding at least some of my money.

       6. Want:

• Want do sth

=> If you want have the body you have always dreamed of, you must join a gym.

• Want to do sth

=> If you want to have the body you have always dreamed of, you must join a gym.

       7. Be used to:

• Be used to do sth

=> You should be used to work in teams and be computer literate.

• Be used to doing sth

=> You should be used to working in teams and be computer literate.
       8. (Would) like:

• Would like do sth

=> I would like thank the families for their help.

• Would like to do sth

=>    I would like to thank the families for their help.

      9. Can: 

• Can to do sth

=> We need to find new markets where we can to sell our products.

• Can do Sth

=> We need to find new markets where we can sell our products.

      10. Help:

• Help (sb) doing something.

=>  My job was to help operating the roller-coaster.

• Help (sb) to do sth; help (sb) do sth

=>  My job was to help (them) to operate the roller-coaster/ my job was to help (them) operate the roller-coaster.

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