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　　dance ��

　　［誤］ We‘ll invite you and your wife to a dance party.��

　　［正］ We‘ll invite you and your wife to a dancing party.��

　　［正］ We‘ll invite you and your wife to a dance.��

　　［正］ We‘ll invite you and your wife to a ball.(美語中常用ball作為舞會。)��

　　date ��

　　［誤］ He studied ten hours a date.��

　　［正］ He studied ten hours a day.��

　　［析］ date是指具體日期。如問What‘s the date today? 應(yīng)回答具體日期："October 1st 1998."而day是指1日(24小時)。如What day is today? 問的是星期幾，應(yīng)回答"It‘s Sunday."

　　［誤］ Today‘s date is January first. 1998.��

　　［正］ Today‘s date is January 1， 1998.��

　　［正］ Today‘s date is January 1st， 1998.��

　　［析］ 在日期書寫中不要用序數(shù)詞全寫，而要用1st， 2nd， 3rd……如果一定要用序數(shù)詞，其順序應(yīng)為：It is the first of January.��

　　day ��

　　［誤］ This is a book about every day English.��

　　［正］ This is a book about everyday English.��

　　［正］ This is an everyday English book.��

　　［誤］ We go to school everyday.��

　　［正］ We go to school every day.��

　　［析］ everyday是形容詞，意為"日常的"，而every day則是"每天"、"天天"之意。��

　　dead ��

　　［誤］ My father has died for ten years.��

　　［正］ My father has been dead for ten years.��

　　［析］ die是瞬間動詞，它可以用于完成時，如：My father has died. 但用于完成時不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用。它也可以用于過去時，如：My father died three years ago

　　［誤］ We‘ll always remember the deads who were killed in the war.��

　　［正］ We‘ll always remember the dead who were killed in the war.��

　　［析］ 形容詞前如加定冠詞表示一類人，如the rich(富人)，the sick(病人)，the poor(窮人)，其后的謂語動詞要用復(fù)數(shù)，如：The rich are not always happy.��

　　dead deadly ��

　　dead在某些詞組里是"完全"、"的確"的意思，如dead right, dead tired, dead sure。而deadly則是"致命的"，如：The rich man had many deadly enemies. 又如：Cancer is a deadly disease. ��

　　dead died ��

　　dead是形容詞，如：Mrs Ginty was dead. 而died是動詞die的過去式及過去分詞，如：She died in 1960.但英語中如表達(dá)出對某人去世的傷感說法是pass away, 如：My father passed away, this morning.��