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safe [误] The brave man safed the boy from drowning. [正] The brave man saved the boy from drowning. [析] safe是形容词，如： They wished him a safe journey. safely是副词，如： The young man drives his car safely. 而safety是名词，如： safety island(安全岛)，Safety first!(安全第一!)但save是动词。 same [误] Yesterday I got a postcard. It is the same that you got the day before yesterday. [正] Yesterday I got a postcard. It is the same as you got the day before yesterday. [析] the same that意为即是，而the same as才能译为像一样的。 [误] Your book is not same as mine. [正] Your book is not the same as mine. [析] the same as中的定冠词不能少。 say [误] His report wrote she is nineteen. [正] His report says she is nineteen. [析] 中文中常讲报告上写到、信上写到，这样的写在英文中要用say. say speak talk tell 英文中说一般有四个词，其中say和tell为及物动词。tell可以加双宾语，如Please tell me a story. 而speak与talk为不及物动词。speak只有后面直接加语言时才是及物的，如： Please speak English. 请看下句： He went on talking for a long time, but he spoke so fast that few of us could catch what he said. | 
