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　　［誤］ The little boy was made repeat the whole story.��

　　［正］ The little boy was made to repeat the whole story.��

　　［誤］ The father made his son to do his homework from morning till night.��

　　［正］ The father made his son do his homework from morning till night.��

　　［析］ make 的句型為make somebody do (doing) something.但在被動語態(tài)中原來被省去的不定式符號to要被還原回來。��

　　［誤］ I always do this mistake.��

　　［正］ I always make this mistake.��

　　［析］ 英語中do和make是十分不易弄清的兩個動詞，do常用于談?wù)摴ぷ鲿r或某種不確定的活動時，如： do a favour(幫個忙)，do one‘s best(竭盡全力)，do good(有益)， do harm(有害)，而多數(shù)情況下常用make, 如： make a suggestion, make a cake, make a bed(收拾床)，make a noise, make money等等。��

　　［誤］ This wine was made of grapes.��

　　［正］ This wine was made from grapes.��

　　［析］ 當(dāng)成品制成后，其原料的性質(zhì)有所改變時應(yīng)用make from，否則用make of， 如： This door was made of iron.��

　　［誤］ Hard work can often make up a lack of intelligence.��

　　［正］ Hard work can often make up for a lack of intelligence.��

　　［析］ make up是創(chuàng)造、編織，而make up for是彌補……的不足之處。上句應(yīng)譯為勤奮工作可以彌補天資的不足。��

　　［誤］ We made up our mind to study hard.��

　　［正］ We made up our minds to study hard.��

　　［析］ mind這里是可數(shù)名詞，使用時要特別予以注意make up one‘s mind是下定決心之意。��

　　［誤］ Our class is made of twenty girls and twenty�瞣ne boys.��

　　［正］ Our class is made up of twenty girls and twenty�瞣ne boys.��

　　［析］ make up of…是某物由……組成或構(gòu)成。��

　　many ��

　　［誤］ I have many friends.��

　　［正］ I have a lot of friends.��

　　［析］ many和much多用于疑問句或否定句中，而在肯定句中則用處不多，尤其在非正式談話中。如：��

　　-How much money have you got?��

　　-I‘ve got plenty.��

　　［誤］ You bought much too tomatoes.��

　　［正］ You bought too many tomatoes.��

　　［析］ too many后接可數(shù)名詞，too much后接不可數(shù)名詞，而much too后面接形容詞，意為太多。��

　　［誤］ For many a weeks it rained a lot.��

　　［正］ For many a week it rained a lot.��

　　［析］ many a意為好多、許多，但其后面要加單數(shù)名詞

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　　matter ��

　　［誤］ No matter what you did.��

　　［正］ No matter what you did, I trusted you.��

　　［析］ No matter是個詞組，意為不論，它的語法功能是起連接作用，所以不能用于一個單獨的句子。��

　　it doesn‘t matter這個詞組則不是一個連接詞組，所以可以和一個單句連用，如： It �ヾoesn‘t�� mater what you say. (你說什么都不要緊。)��

　　maybe ��

　　［誤］ May be he is right.��

　　［正］ Maybe he is right.��

　　［析］ maybe是副詞，不要錯用為may be.��