職場常見英語錯誤(3)

    昨日所列的五個句子中也有幾個常見的錯誤：

1.     My new office is in the six floor.

此句有兩個錯誤；一為常見的介系詞使用的錯誤，要說明

在第幾樓層，應用介系詞“on”，二為樓層的數字應用序數

(ordinal number)表示，所以數字應改為“sixth”。更正後的

句子為：

 My new office is on the sixth floor.

2.     Did you see Ms. Jones’ mobile phone? We are finding it around

      the office.

動詞“find”表示發現或找到，若要表示尋找且還未找到應用

動詞片語 “look for”，這兩個字詞中文字義看似相近，實則

不同。更正後的句子為：

 Did you see Ms. Jones’ mobile phone? We are looking for it around the office.

3.     Please provide your essential information in this form, including

 your birthday.

若要表示提供個人資訊時的「出生年月日」應用專門的字詞：

“date of birth”。 更正後的句子為：

 Please provide your essential information in this form, including

 your date of birth.

4.     I don’t want to pay the meal; it doesn’t deserve 100 dollars a dish.

若要表示支付某樣服務或商品的費用，“pay”要加上介系詞

“for”。 更正後的句子為：

 I don’t want to pay for the meal; it doesn’t deserve 100 dollars a dish.

注意！“pay”之後若直接加上支付的對象或金額則毋需介系詞“for”，如：

 I forgot to pay the clerk.

 He paid $16,000,000 for an apartment in London.

5.     Did you get the message? Sarah called for sick this morning, again!

若要表示「臨時因病請假」，常見的用法是“call in sick”。 更正後

的句子為：

 Did you get the message? Sarah called in sick this morning, again!

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