☞ 하루나 이틀 정도의 짧은 휴가를 말할 때는 관가, 복수 어미가 없는 holiday"를 사용하고, 상당한 기간의 휴가는 "a holiday" " holidays"를 사용한다.
(x) How is your mother?
(x) How is the educational system in your country?
(x) How was the weather like?
(o) What is your mother?-Oh, she's very tall.
(o) What is the educational system like in your country?
(o) What was the weather like?
☞ 사람이나 사물의 생김새에 대해 물을 때는 "what..like"를 사용한다. "how"는 사람들의 안부나 일의 진행 상태를 물을 때 쓴다.
(x) Try to not be late.
(x) Try to don't be late.
(o) Try not to be late.
☞ 부정사를 부정할 때는 "not"을 "to" 앞에 붙인다.
(x) I enjoy to travel.
(x) She doesn't mind to go there.
(o) I enjoy traveling.
(o) She doesn't mind going there.
☞ "enjoy"처럼 ~ing 형태의 동사를 목적어로 쓰는 동사들은 다음과 같다.
(admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, delay, deny, dislike, endure, endure,
escape, excuse, face, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, imagine, involve,
mention, mind, miss, postpone, practice, put off, resist, suggest, )
(x) I found her laying on the floor asleep.
(x) I laid down and closed my eyes.
(o) I found her laying on the floor asleep.
(o) I lay down and closed my eyes.
☞ lay (눕히다) lay -laid - laid - laying
lie(눕다) lie - lay - lain - lying
lie(거짓말하다) lie - lied - lied - lying
(x) I like very much going to parties and dancing and meeting people.
(o) I very much like going to parties and dancing and meeting people.
☞ 동사(like)와 목적어Igoing..)은 보통 함께 오고, 부사(very much)는 동사 앞이나, 목적어 뒤에 온다.
(x) She married with a builder.
(o) She married a builder.
(o) When are you going to get married?
☞ "marry"는 전치사 없이 사용한다. "marry"뒤에 목적어가 오지 않을 때는 "get married"를 많이 사용한다.
(x) John's got many friend because he's got much money.
(x) Celia talks much.
(o) John's got many friends because he's got a lot of money.
(o) Celia talks a lot.
☞ "much" "many" 는 의문문, 부정문에서 주로 사용하고, 평서문에서는 "lot" " a lot (of)"
"plenty of"를 사용한다
(x) Neither his parents came.
(o) Neither parent came.
(o) Neither of his parents came.
☞ "neither"는 관사, 소유대명사 등이 붙지 않는 단수 명사 앞에 쓰이고, 그 외에는
'neither of"가 사용된다.
(x) I found that she no more lived there.
(x) There's no longer bread.
(o) I found that she no longer lived there.
(o) There's no more bread.
☞ "no more" 는 양이나 정도를 표현할 때 그 외에는 "no longer"를 쓴다.
(x) No one of my friends came to my birthday party.
(x) I've read no one of his books.
(o) None of my friends came to my birthday party.
(o) I've read none of his books.
☞ "no one"은 "nobody"를 뜻하며 보통 "of"가 뒤따르지 않는다. "한 사람도"를 의미할 때는
"none of"를 쓴다.
(x) Where are those five dollars I gave you?
(x) Ten miles are a long way to walk.
(o) Where is that five dollars I gave you?
(o) Ten miles is a long way to walk.
☞ "five dollars" "ten miles"가 복수 형태로 되어 있으나 단수로 취급한다.
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