正誤辨析
    [誤] The young likes playing football very much.
    [正] The young like playing football very much.
    [析] 定冠詞加形容詞表示一類人，應作復數(shù)看待。而定冠詞加形容詞表示抽象事物時則要看作單數(shù)，如：The beautiful is not always kindness.美麗并不總代表善良。
    [誤] The danger has gone, so the worst are over.
    [正] The danger has gone, so the worst is over.
    [析] 意為："危險已經(jīng)過去，最困難的狀況已結(jié)束。"用定冠詞加級形容詞作主語時應看作單數(shù)形式。
    [誤] It is the gold age of the young.
    [正] It is the golden age of the young.
    [析] golden在英語中多用于比喻，如：golden hair金發(fā)，gulden voice金嗓子。而gold多用于表達金質(zhì)的，如：a gold bar金條，a gold coin金幣，但gold fish 金魚例外。
    [誤] She is a warm heart woman.
    [正] She is a warmhearted woman.
    [析] 英語形容詞的構(gòu)詞法很多，其中之一是由形容詞，或數(shù)詞，加名詞加ed構(gòu)成，如：　warmhoarted 熱心腸的，whitehaired 白毛的
    [誤] There is an alive fish in the pool.
    [正] There is a living fish in the pool.
    [析] 在初中范圍內(nèi)所學到的以a字母開頭的形容詞一般不能作定語，只能作表語。如：The fish is alive.(魚還活著)這樣的形容詞有：alive, alike, alone, asleep, afraid, awake等。
    [誤] The ill man nearly died.
    [正] The sick man nearly died.
    [析] ill一般不作定語來形容某人有病，而要用sick，但作表語時則都可以。如：He is ill sick, ill作定語時則另有他意，如：ill luck (厄運)，ill nature(天性惡劣),ill temper(心緒不好)
    [誤] I have important something to tell you.
    [正] I have something important to tell you.
    [析] 不定代詞something, anyone, somebody…在用形容詞修飾時，形容詞應放其后。但要注意thing則不是不定代詞，不符合上述規(guī)律。如：I have an important thing to tell you.
    [誤] I'll be free on next Sunday.
    [正] I'll be free next Sunday.
    [析] 在表達將來時的時候：next Sunday, next week, next year或last Sunday last week, last year前都不加介詞。
    [誤] The girl is two year old.
    [正] The girl is two years old.
    [正] She is a twoyearold girl
    [析] 由連字符連接若干名詞、數(shù)詞……組成的形容詞，在學習時要記住兩點，其一是這些詞中的名詞都不要用復數(shù)形式，如：twothousandword report(兩千字的報告);其二是這樣構(gòu)成的形容詞只能作定語，即用于名詞之前，而不能作表語。
    [誤] The foreigners like those little beautiful Chinese paintings.
    [正] The foreigners like those beautiful little Chinese paintings.