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dance [误] 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.(美语中常用ball作为舞会。) date [误] He studied ten hours a date. [正] He studied ten hours a day. [析] date是指具体日期。如问Whats the date today? 应回答具体日期：October 1st 1998.而day是指1日(24小时)。如What day is today? 问的是星期几，应回答Its Sunday. [误] Todays date is January first. 1998. [正] Todays date is January 1， 1998. [正] Todays date is January 1st， 1998. [析] 在日期书写中不要用序数词全写，而要用1st， 2nd， 3rd如果一定要用序数词，其顺序应为：It is the first of January. day [误] This is a book about every day English. [正] This is a book about everyday English. [正] This is an everyday English book. [误] We go to school everyday. [正] We go to school every day. [析] everyday是形容词，意为日常的，而every day则是每天、天天之意。 | 
