Low-hanging fruit

容易改的小错误

英语有个短语：

Low-hanging fruit: 容易摘到的果子, 形容最容易得到的东西

These easily fixable mistakes are low-hanging fruit. 最容易改正的错误就可以称之为最容易摘到的果子

错误1:  For many times

很多人常常把"for"放在“times”前面。

大家记住，不管是1 time, 2 times, many times, 前面加for, 都是错的哦！

I've been here for ten times.

I've gone there for three times.

I've been to America for five times.

正确用法：直接用多少次，不要介词for。

I've been here many times. 我来过这里很多次了。

I've only been here once: 我这里只来过一次。

I've seen this movie 5 times: 这个电影我看过5遍了。

注意：如果是具体的时间长度，不是times, 还是需要for的。

I've been in China for 5 years: 我来中国5年了。

错误2: Going to there

Coming to here

说到目的地，记住下面这四个词前面不能加to：

Here

There

Home

Downtown

错误例句：

I'm going to there tomorrow.

I'm coming to here.

I'm going to downtown for shopping.

要改正，很容易！记住这4个词不加to就行啦！

I'm going home.  

I'm going downtown.  

错误3: 混淆since和from

说到时间跨度、从什么时候开始，很多朋友会把since和from用反。

大家只要记住一个简单小规律，就能改正这个错误：

1. Since: 已经开始了，从以前到现在

I've been living in China since 2010. 我从2010年开始就住在中国。

I've been learning English since elementary school. 从小学开始，我就开始学英语了。

2. From: 尚未开始、即将开始，从未来到更未来

From now on: 从现在开始

From this point on：从此刻开始

看一下对比：

From next week, you can't smoke in any indoor spaces. 从下个星期开始，你不能在室内吸烟。

You can't smoke in any indoor speces in Shanghai since next week.

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