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Việc sử dụng giới từ là khá khó khăn với người học tiếng Anh, hay ngay cả đối với người bản ngữ. Một số giới từ được sử dụng với một số từ nhất định, trong khi những giới từ khác thì không. Dưới đây là bốn ví dụ về việc sử dụng không chuẩn.
1. Accused
Incorrect: They were arrested and accused for murder.
Correct : They were arrested and accused of murder.
Giới từ of theo sau accused.
One may be “indicted for murder” or “tried for murder,” but one is “guilty of murder,” “suspected of murder” or “accused of murder.”
2. Moment
Incorrect: He stopped in the middle of the street to look back; the hurtling ambulance struck him in that moment.
Correct : He stopped in the middle of the street to look back; the hurtling ambulance struck him at that moment.
A moment is an extremely brief portion of time, an instant too brief to measure. In a literary context in which a character is experiencing an event in emotional “slow motion,” the phrase “in that moment” can be an appropriate stylistic choice to suggest that a great deal is happening within the instant. Likewise, the expression “to live in the moment” treats moment as having duration, as opposed to instantaneousness. In most prosaic contexts, however, the appropriate preposition is at:
Note: There is the polite expression “in a moment,” as in, “I’ll be with you in a moment.”
3. Accord
Incorrect: Wells told agents in Indianapolis that she left her home on her own accord and was not taken against her will.
Correct : Wells told agents in Indianapolis that she left her home of her own accord and was not taken against her will.
The noun accord in this expression means harmony or agreement. To do something “of one’s own accord” is to do something without coercion, freely, willingly.
4. Excited
Incorrect: I am excited for the new Apple watch.
Correct : I am excited about the new Apple watch.
The adjective excited is conventionally followed by the prepositions by, at, and about. Although growing in popularity with some speakers, the use of for after excited is regarded as nonstandard. Here are three more examples of standard usage:
1. Accused
Incorrect: They were arrested and accused for murder.
Correct : They were arrested and accused of murder.
Giới từ of theo sau accused.
One may be “indicted for murder” or “tried for murder,” but one is “guilty of murder,” “suspected of murder” or “accused of murder.”
2. Moment
Incorrect: He stopped in the middle of the street to look back; the hurtling ambulance struck him in that moment.
Correct : He stopped in the middle of the street to look back; the hurtling ambulance struck him at that moment.
A moment is an extremely brief portion of time, an instant too brief to measure. In a literary context in which a character is experiencing an event in emotional “slow motion,” the phrase “in that moment” can be an appropriate stylistic choice to suggest that a great deal is happening within the instant. Likewise, the expression “to live in the moment” treats moment as having duration, as opposed to instantaneousness. In most prosaic contexts, however, the appropriate preposition is at:
- At that moment he knew what his mother was thinking, and that she loved him.
- Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
3. Accord
Incorrect: Wells told agents in Indianapolis that she left her home on her own accord and was not taken against her will.
Correct : Wells told agents in Indianapolis that she left her home of her own accord and was not taken against her will.
The noun accord in this expression means harmony or agreement. To do something “of one’s own accord” is to do something without coercion, freely, willingly.
4. Excited
Incorrect: I am excited for the new Apple watch.
Correct : I am excited about the new Apple watch.
The adjective excited is conventionally followed by the prepositions by, at, and about. Although growing in popularity with some speakers, the use of for after excited is regarded as nonstandard. Here are three more examples of standard usage:
- Many dogs are excited by the presence of other dogs or humans.
- She was excited at the prospect of living in London.
- Royals fans [are] nervous and excited about their return to the postseason.
