本书从几百本英语辞书和数千本杂志和试题中发现了千余条错误(不包括笔误和印刷错误)，又从中遴选出100条具有普遍性、典型性的错误作为编写对象，书中所列的项目大都具有一定的价值和可探讨性。

本书中所说的“错误”，是从广义角度而言的。比如，一道单项选择题却出现了两个或两个以上的正确答案，这里我们均判为“错误”。此外，在有些条目后还有意进行了适当扩充，目的是通过某个错误来说明一个问题或一种用法。有些归类和总结在国内出版的英语辞书中很难找到。

1.accustomed(be accustomed后可接动词不定式)

2.amount(amount也可与复数可数名词连用)

3.any(any与any other)

4.between(也可以说between you and I)

5.between(也可以说between each<every>)

6.busy(busy in doing和busy with doing都可以说)

7.but(but和except后可接do或to do)

8.but(never<hardly，etc.>but的真正含义)

9.cannot(cannottoo的真正含义)

10.charge(in charge of也可以表示“由负责”、“由管理”)

11.compare(comparewith与compareto)

12.comprise(也可以说be comprised of)

13.concerned(be concerned with也可以表示“关心”、“担心”)

14.consider(可以说consideras)

15.convince(可以说convince sb.to do sth.) 

16.dare(I dare say的真正含义)

17.delicious(不可说very delicious)

18.die(die后的介词)

19.different(也可以说not different)

20.do(do so，do it和do that)

21.dozen(dozen的用法)

22.due(due to短语可用作状语)

23.eat(eat one，s words的真正含义)

24.enough(enough作形容词的用法)

25.enough(enough后可接that从句)

26.error(也可以说by error)

27.every(every one可单独指人)

28.every(every fifth year与every five years)

29.except(except for与but for)

30.except(except与except for)

31.excepting(excepting在句中也可以不与not，always等连用)

32.favour(do someone a favour与do 80InE~ne the favour)

33.for(for也可以表示原因)

34.forbid(可以说forbidfrom doing)

35.forgot(forgot doing sth.和forgot about doing sth.都可以说)

36.good(no good doing和no good to do都可以说)

37.good(be good at和be good in都可以说)

38.have(haven，t to和don，t have to都可以说)

39.hope(hope后的从句不可进行否定转移)

40.how(how通常不可与way连用)

41.if(可以说ifor not)

42.ill(ill也可用作定语)

43.important(important后接for或to均可)

44.interested(也可以说be interested to do sth.)

45.it(对it isthat式英谚的理解)

46.joumey(a four—hour joumey与a four hour joumey)

47.just(just now的用法)

48.know(know后复合结构中不定式符号的省略)

49.know(know也可表示“认出”之意)

50.know(not that I know of的真正含义)

51.1ately(1ately与recently的用法)

52.1ess(1ess，least可修饰可数名词)

53.1et(1et<出租>也可用于被动语态)

54.1et(1et<允许>也可以用被动语态)

55.look(“看电视”也可以说look at TV)

56.look(100k up后也可以接book，dictionary等)

57.most(最高级形式most也可以用于两者的比较)

58.must(must表示推测时其否定形式可以是van’t或mustn't)

59.no(用于回答时的no)

60.no(no more than与not more than等)

61.no(no less than与not any less<>than)

62.no(可以说no one ofUS<you>)

63.none(none the worse的含义)

64.of(a friend of my brother’s与a friend of my brother)

65.one(也可以说a one)

66.order(in order that从句谓语部分可用Can，could)

67.part(part of与a part of)

68.police(police的用法)

69.prefer(preferto和preferrather than都可以说)

70.prefer(preferrather than后可接带to的不定式)

71.proportion(proportion后也可接with)

72.quite(quite a<an>和a quite都可以说)

73.reason(reason可与because连用)

74.regret(也可以说regret to have done)

75.remember(也可以说remember to have done)

76.remind(也可以说remind sb.of doing)

77.say(not to say的真正含义)

78.selection(a selection of的真正含义)

79.since(since与延续性动词连用)

80.spend(spend的宾语后可接动词不定式)

81.spend(spend后接介词on和in)

82.substitute(substitute A for B和substitute A with<by>B都可以说)

83.suggest(suggest后that从句谓语动词的形式)

84.take(take作“花费”解时主语也可以是人)

85.that(that可引导非限制性定语从句)

86.that(that<which>作分隔定语从句主语时的省略)

87.think(think of doing和think to do都可以说)

88.think(think后接that从句的否定形式有两种)

89.though(though引导的从句也可用倒装语序)

90.though(though<although>可与still，yet等连用)

91.times(n times as large as与n times the size of的含义)

92.times(n times more<larger，etc.>than与n times as more<larger，etc.>as)

93.use(it，S no use后接v—ing形式或动词不定式均可)

94.used(use(don’t there?与didn’t there?)

95.want(want doing和want to be done都可以说)

96.way(way后面从句的引导词)

97.which(all，everything等后的定语从句也可用 which引导)

98.word(man of his word中的his也可改为其他人称代词)

99.word(true to one，S word中的word不可改为words)

100.worth(也可以说it’S woah doing)