单词的用法及固定搭配

the Yard指Scotland Yard。参见Scotland 的用法及固定搭配

Yankee在英国和欧洲指“美国人”，在美国通常指New England人。

X-ray（爱克斯光）原来不是物质名词，所以原来不说The doctor is examining his lungs by means of X-ray。

He is wrong to think so不及He is wrong in thinking so普通。

a writing用来指“一篇文章”或“一本著作”很不普通，但往往指“一个文件”。

在文章里用the writer或the presnet writer指自己不很自然，在信函里更不自然。

He wrote to her in London和He wrote to her from London意思不同。第一句里的in London修饰her。

注意He has a knife wound in the leg和There are wounds in his forehead and face里用in，不用on。

参见shall 的用法及固定搭配

worthy man里的worthy往往含有“还算不坏”、“殊堪嘉尚”等不很尊敬的意思，man of worth是“德才兼备的人”。

worthwhile往往（尤其在美国）用作“好的”或“有价值的”解，如a worth-while book和a worth-while friend。

worth用作形容词不可单独用作表语，如不可说This is worth。