dance

　　[誤] Well invite you and your wife to a dance party.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a dancing party.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a dance.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a ball.(美語中常用ball作為舞會。)

　　date

　　[誤] He studied ten hours a date.

　　[正] He studied ten hours a day.

　　[析] date是指具體日期。如問Whats the date today? 應(yīng)回答具體日期：October 1st 1998.而day是指1日(24小時)。如What day is today? 問的是星期幾，應(yīng)回答Its Sunday.

　　[誤] Todays date is January first. 1998.

　　[正] Todays date is January 1， 1998.

　　[正] Todays date is January 1st， 1998.

　　[析] 在日期書寫中不要用序數(shù)詞全寫，而要用1st， 2nd， 3rd如果一定要用序數(shù)詞，其順序應(yīng)為：It is the first of January.

　　day

　　[誤] This is a book about every day English.

　　[正] This is a book about everyday English.

　　[正] This is an everyday English book.

　　[誤] We go to school everyday.

　　[正] We go to school every day.

　　[析] everyday是形容詞，意為日常的，而every day則是每天、天天之意。