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语法中被忽视的角落 - 限定词

Determiners in English

There are many different determiners in the English language.

Articles

Articles are among the most common of the determiners. A, an, and the all express the definiteness and specificity of a noun.

For example, “the” is a definite article, meaning the person using the word is referring to a specific one. On the other hand, “a” or “an” are indefinite articles.

The dog is barking too loudly.
A student returned the book.

Demonstratives

Demonstratives, such as this, that, these and those, require a frame of reference in which an individual can point out the entities referred to by a speaker or a writer.

Do you want this piece of chicken?
I don't want to go to that movie.

Quantifiers

Quantifiers, such as all, few, and many, point out how much or how little of something is being indicated.

He took all the books.
Few of the children wanted to go to the zoo.

Possessives

When referring to an entity that belongs to another, you can use possessives. My, your, their, and its are a few examples.

Is this your car?
The dog growled and showed its teeth.

There are many other types of determiners. For instance, the numbers that are written out in English, are also included in the class of determiners. Determiners are generally split into two groups—definite determiners and indefinite determiners.

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及物动词，不及物动词

Transitive & intransitive verb

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本帖最后由 6646 于 25-1-2017 13:57 编辑

容易混淆的单词：

bind vs bond

bind/bound/bound  to tie sth tightly or to fasten sth together

bond/bonded/bonded  to join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance ( such as glue), heat, or pressure

the ties that bind and the glue that bonds. Ties bind two separate things together, but can be broken or separated.  A bond, like a blood bond or a glue bond, unifies something, making it one.

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生词难词

excoriate lurch balm clout husky aggrieved couplet whammy rendezvous

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本帖最后由 6646 于 27-1-2017 10:25 编辑

容易混淆的词汇
characteristic, trait, character, personality

Characteristic: a distinguishing feature or quality: Generosity is his chief characteristic. A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.

Trait: a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature.

Character: the group of features, traits and characteristics that form the individual nature of some person or thing.

Personality: the essential character of a person or the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others

First, you will notice that Characteristic and Trait are very similar; character and personality are also very similar.

If you think about it, characteristics and traits singular aspects of how a person is perceived.

Character and personality are combinations or groupings of traits and characteristics that define how a person is.

Examples:

It is difficult to describe his personality. He is caring but sometimes indifferent; responsible and yet reckless but most of all he has a good heart.

It is hard to define my best personal trait as an English teacher. Maybe my personality as a whole is what makes me a good teacher. Or maybe it is my sense of humor. People say that a good sense of humor is a useful trait.

For this job it would be best to find someone with the following traits: hard working, responsible, reliable and a team player.

It was his characteristic sense of humor that got him the job

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容易混淆的单词：

shamed vs ashamed

Shame is the feeling of humiliation one gets when realizing one’s behavior is degrading, disgraceful, boorish, embarrassing or wrong in some fashion. Shame may also refer to a loss of esteem, a regrettable situation, or the person, action or situation that brings loss of esteem. Shame is used as a noun or a verb, related words are shames, shamed, shaming.

Shamed is the result of somebody's or something's actions or words. I was shamed is almost always a passive, implying "somebody or something shamed me". It is a statement about a social interaction and its consequences, and not directly about feelings (though they may follow as a consequence).

Ashamed is being humiliated or guilty because one’s behavior has been degrading, disgraceful, boorish, embarrassing or wrong in some fashion. Ashamed is an adjective. Both shame and ashamed refer to the same idea of guilt or humiliation because of sub-standard behavior, shame is a noun or sometimes a verb, ashamed is an adjective.

Ashamed is an adjective, referring to one's feelings. This may result from being shamed (by somebody), but may be a purely internal reaction to what happens.

Examples

Children’s deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea bring India shame.

It’s just a shame he thinks 99 per cent of the football industry – those of us who have not won the title or Champions League medals – is unqualified to express theirs.

Concerted, concentrated and sustained effort by various stakeholders under the overarching goal of Swachh Bharat Missions (Urban) could propel India out of the sanitation shame.

“Shame and stigma perpetuate the problem,” said Crookes, who emphasized that every child should have at least three positive adult role models, besides their parents, to help them thrive.

Said another: “This is a hateful and oppressive portrayal of a minority and Hollywood should be ashamed. Disgusting.”

“It should be the type of laugh that catches in your throat and you’re almost ashamed when you realize what you’re doing,” he told the Guardian shortly before its release in early October.

David Cameron has told Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell that he should be “ashamed” of himself for comments he made praising members of the IRA for their role in the armed struggle.

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本帖最后由 6646 于 29-1-2017 11:15 编辑

容易混淆单词：

hurt vs injury/injuried

The terms “being injured” and “being hurt” are very different from each other. Being hurt means “having a sensation of pain, physically or mentally” while “injured” implies “to cause or do any kind of harm, such as a tear, severe sprain, etc.”
Taking the example of an athlete, he can play or participate in a tournament when he is hurt. But if he is injured, he must abstain from such events. He must take ample rest and treatment for healing. An injury incurs intense bodily pain and needs treatment for recovering. The part of the body undergoes permanent change where an injury occurs. That part may heal and the player may become fit, but it never returns to its original condition. An injury is associated with sports.
Getting hurt has to do with pain. You may be hurt if you have a bruise or you are pushed. The level of pain is different but you get hurt in all these cases. One may also get emotionally hurt. This usually results from a broken relationship or after an insult. A person may also be hurt after seeing someone sad or in pain.
Here are a few examples which will show the differences between “hurt” and “injury”:

Hurt

A man was badly hurt in the accident.
I was really hurt on analyzing the damage done by the Tsunami in Japan.
It hurts to lose someone close to you.
Samantha was really hurt by her recent breakup with her fiancée.
Edward was hurt when his name was not included in the corporate trip of his company.

Injury

The player retired from the game due to a leg injury.
Damien, who has just returned from a serious injury, has two years left on his current contract.
Mountain climbing is a serious sport which may result in physical injury or death.
Our personal injury solicitors have a wide range of specialties among them.
Rooney was not able to play in the English Premier League match against Chelsea due to his ankle injury.