(参考答案)把their改为his,因为前面的主语是the little listener。
(3)…there were proposals that independence should be linguistically accepted by the use of a different language from those of Britain.(2008年八级改错第六题)
(参考答案)把those改为单数代词that,因为它前面的名词是a different language。
(4)A business firm chooses the price that maximizes its net revenues,irrespective of fluctuations in income;and increasingly the outlook of universities in the United States is indistinguishable from those of business firms.(2005年八级改错第三题)
(参考答案)把those改为that,因为前面对应的成分是the outlook。
(5)There are important corollaries to the investigative power.One is the power to publicize investigations and its results.(2004年八级改错第六题)
(参考答案)把its改为their,因为前面的investigations是复数。
(6)…their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of couples who married in earlier as well as later decades.(2003年八级改错第八题)
(参考答案)把that改为those,因为前面的对应成分marriages和后面的成分couples是复数概念。
(7)…our own handwriting is something which we almost always know.(2002年八级改错第五题)
(参考答案)把which改为that,因为something后面的修饰成分必须用代词that连接。
(8)…(young animals)compared with the human infant they very quickly grow the capacity to fend for them.(1998年八级改错第六题)
(参考答案)把them改为themselves,因为前面的主语是they,后面的宾语应为反身代词复数形式。
3.介词错误
(1)With the playground lore,however,a rhyme may be excitedly passed on within the very hour it is learnt…(2009年八级改错第四题)
(参考答案)把With改为In,因为后面的宾语为lore。
(2)…but in other grounds too the theory is not very attractive.(2007年八级改错第六题)
(参考答案)把in改为on,因为grounds(方面)前面的介词要用on。