Dropping Christmas Clangers 圣诞祝福纠错_英语杂谈

每逢圣诞节来临之际，人们都会献上最诚挚的祝福，寄上无尽的思念和美好的祝愿。它们无处不在：商店的橱窗上，精美的贺卡里，产品的包装外，甚至是彼此的谈话中。这些温馨的话语承载着深情厚谊，但如果里面要是出现语法错误，那可就大打折扣了呢！为了避免这种情况，本期《careful》我们就为大家指出圣诞祝福语中常见的几个错误。

错误用法：a christmas greeting and good wishes to you who is thought about all the year through. have a beautiful christmas and a happy new year.

分析：本句共有三处错误。首先是“a christmas greeting”，应该是复数形式“christmas greetings”。第二处出现在句子的中间部分“who is thought about all the year through”，语法上的问题导致意思不很明确。而第三处则是搭配问题，搭配“christmas”的形容词一般是“merry”，而搭配“new year”的形容词通常是“happy”。

正确的表达是： christmas greetings and good wishes to you. we'll be thinking about you over the festive period. have a merry christmas and a happy new year.

错误用法：wish you a song in your heart at christmas and blessings all year long.

分析：“a song in your heart”的意思是这首歌曲总是挥之不去，困扰着人们，所以意思与祝福语大相径庭，错误很明显。

正确的表达是：wishing you all the best for christmas and blessings all year long.

错误用法：forget, forgive, for who may say that christmas day may ever come. touch hands!

分析：这条祝福语的问题首先出现在“forget, forgive”这两个词，惯用说法是“forgive and forget”，而后一部分“for who may say that christmas day may ever come. touch hands!”意思则比较混乱，让人摸不着头脑。

正确的表达应该是：christmas is coming, let's join hands and forgive and forget all those who have sinned.

错误用法：a cheery christmas and the new year hold lots of happiness for you!

分析：本句的错误在于“the new year…”前缺少一个祝福词“may”，这样一来这句祝福语就不成立了。

正确的表达是：a cheery christmas and may the new year hold lots of happiness for you!