誤用：He absented from school this morning. No one knows where he has gone.

正確：He absented himself from school this morning. No one knows where he has gone.

說明：absent 用作動詞時，其后習慣上要接反身代詞作賓語。

句意：他今天早晨缺席，沒有到學校。誰也不知道他去哪里了。

誤用：All right. So stand up on left leg and get right leg swinging round in a circular motion clockwise. All right that’s what you’ve got to do. And then while you’re doing that I want you to shake head. Okay so you’re standing on left leg swinging your right leg clockwise. Difficult isn’t it?

正確：All right. So stand up on your left leg and get your right leg swinging round in a circular motion clockwise. All right that’s what you’ve got to do. And then while you’re doing that I want you to shake your head. Okay so you’re standing on your left leg swinging your right leg clockwise. Isn’t it difficult?

說明：漢語在許多情況下無需說“我的”“你的”等，但相應的英語中，有時物主代詞是必不可少的。

句意：好的。那么你就左腿單立，右腿以順時針方向打圈。對，就那么干，現在，在你做這些動作的同時，我要你再晃晃腦袋。好，現在你左腿單立，右腿順時針方向打圈，怎么樣，難吧？

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