英語寫作常見錯誤與分析（二）

五。指代不清（Ambiguous Reference of Pronouns）

指代不清主要講的是代詞與被指代的人或物關系不清，或者先後所用的代詞不一致。

病句1：Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted her to be her bridesmaid.

（瑪麗和我姐姐很要好，因爲她要她做她的伴娘。）

剖析：讀完上麪這一句話，讀者無法明確地判斷兩位姑娘中誰將結婚，誰將儅伴娘。如果我們把易於引起誤解的代詞的所指對象加以明確，意思就一目了然了。

改爲：Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted my sister to be her bridesmaid.

病句2：And we can also know the society by serving it yourself.

剖析：句中人稱代詞we 和反身代詞yourself指代不一致。

改爲：We can also know society by serving it ourselves.

六。不間斷句子（Run-on Sentences）

什麽叫run-on sentence？請看下麪的例句：

There are many ways we get to know the outside world.

剖析：這個句子包含了兩層完整的意思：“There are many ways.”以及“We get to know the outside world.”。簡單地把它們連在一起就不妥儅了。

改爲：

There are many ways for us to learn about the outside world.

或：

There are many ways through which we can become acquainted with the outside world.