也许你觉得这些都很简单，但是小心阴沟也会翻船哦，看看日常应用中，你有没有犯过下面的错误呢？ 　　1. Loosefor lose 　　No: I always loose the product key. 　　Yes: I always lose the product key. 　　2. It's for its 　　No: Download the HTA, along with it's readme file. 　　Yes: Download the HTA, along with its readme file. 　　No: The laptop is overheating and its making that funny noise again. 　　Yes: The laptop is overheating and it's making that funny noise again. 　　3. They're for their for there 　　No: The managers are in they're weekly planning meeting. 　　Yes: The managers are in their weekly planning meeting. 　　No: The techs have to check there cell phones at the door, and their not happy about it. 　　Yes: The techs have to check their cell phones at the door, and they're not happy about it. 　　4. i.e. for e.g. 　　No: Use an anti-spyware program . 　　Yes: Use an anti-spyware program . 　　Note: The term i.e. means that is e.g. means for example. And a comma follows both of them. 　　5. Effectfor affect 　　No: The outage shouldn't effect any users during work hours. 　　Yes: The outage shouldn't affect any users during work hours. 　　Yes: The outage shouldn't have any effect on users. 　　Yes: We will effect several changes during the downtime. 　　Note: Impact is not a verb. Purists, at least, beg you to use affect instead: 　　No: The outage shouldn't impact any users during work hours. 　　Yes: The outage shouldn't affect any users during work hours. 　　Yes: The outage should have no impact on users during work hours. 　　6. You're for your 　　No: Remember to defrag you're machine on a regular basis. 　　Yes: Remember to defrag your machine on a regular basis. 　　No: Your right about the changes. 　　Yes: You're right about the changes. 　　7. Different than for different from 　　No: This setup is different than the one at the main office. 　　Yes: This setup is different from the one at the main office. 　　Yes: This setup is better than the one at the main office. 　　8. Layfor lie 　　No: I got dizzy and had to lay down. 　　Yes: I got dizzy and had to lie down. 　　Yes: Just lay those books over there. 　　9. Then for than 　　No: The accounting department had more problems then we did. 　　Yes: The accounting department had more problems than we did. 　　Note: Here's a sub-peeve. When a sentence construction begins with If, you don't need a then. Then is implicit, so it's superfluous and wordy: 　　No: If you can't get Windows to boot, then you'll need to call Ted. 　　Yes: If you can't get Windows to boot, you'll need to call Ted. 　　10. Could of, would of for could have, would have 　　No: I could of installed that app by mistake. 　　Yes: I could have installed that app by mistake. 　　No: I would of sent you a meeting notice, but you were out of town. 　　Yes: I would have sent you a meeting notice, but you were out of town.

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