Most of people think that... ❌

這是台灣 IELTS 作文開頭地雷。每個人都寫過。但加了 "of" 必須有 "the"——沒有 the，整個 of 就是多餘的。

為什麼是 Taiwanese 特有錯誤

中文「大部分的人」翻成英文，學生直覺是 most of people——加「的」的動作被保留下來。但英文規則嚴格：

一條規則

無 "of" → 泛指（一般性）

most people, some students, all adults, many countries

泛指所有人、所有學生、所有成年人——沒有範圍限制。

有 "of" → 特指（具體範圍）

most of the people (in my class), some of the students (I teach),
all of the adults (at the party), many of the countries (I've visited)

特指某個範圍內的一部分。必須加 the（或 my/this/these 等限定詞）。

❌ vs ✅ 對比表

| ❌ Wrong | ✅ Correct | 意思 | |---------|-----------|-----| | Most of people think... | Most people think... | 大部分人 (泛指) | | Most people in Taiwan... | Most people in Taiwan... | ✓ 也對 | | Most of the people in my class... | Most of the people in my class... | ✓ 這個 of 是必要的 | | Some of students are absent. | Some students are absent. (泛指) 或 Some of the students are absent. (特指班上某些) | | | All of countries have problems. | All countries have problems. 或 All of the countries I visited... | |

完整對照：some / many / most / all / none / both / each / few

| 無 of | 有 of (必加 the/my/his) | |-------|------------------------| | some books | some of the books | | many students | many of the students | | most teachers | most of the teachers | | all cats | all of the cats / all the cats | | few people | few of the people | | several cities | several of the cities | | both brothers | both of the brothers / both my brothers | | each student | each of the students |

代名詞例外

如果後面是代名詞（us / them / you）——必須用 of：

most of us, some of them, all of you, both of us, each of them

❌ most us / some them / all you — 全錯

五個 ❌ vs ✅ 高頻範例

| ❌ Wrong | ✅ Correct | |---------|-----------| | Most of young people use social media. | Most young people use social media. | | Some of my friend live in Taipei. | Some of my friends live in Taipei. | | All of country need to reduce pollution. | All countries need to reduce pollution. | | Many of student struggle with writing. | Many students struggle with writing. | | Few of them understood. | ✓ (代名詞例外，必加 of) |

Quick Drill — 填入正確選項

  1. ___ (Most / Most of) students enjoy weekends.
  2. ___ (Most / Most of the) students in my class are from Taiwan.
  3. ___ (Some / Some of) people prefer tea to coffee.
  4. ___ (All / All of) us agreed with the plan.
  5. ___ (Many / Many of) countries face climate challenges.
  6. She ate ___ (most / most of the) cake.
  7. ___ (Few / Few of) the applicants were qualified.
  8. ___ (Each / Each of) student received a textbook.
  9. ___ (Both / Both of) my parents are doctors.
  10. ___ (None / None of) us knew the answer.

Answer Key

| # | 答案 | 解釋 | |---|------|-----| | 1 | Most | 泛指學生 | | 2 | Most of the | 特指我班上 | | 3 | Some | 泛指一些人 | | 4 | All of | 代名詞 us 必加 of | | 5 | Many | 泛指 | | 6 | most of the | 特指那塊蛋糕 | | 7 | Few of | 有 the → 特指 | | 8 | Each | 單數泛指 | | 9 | Both (of) | Both my parents 或 Both of my parents 都對 | | 10 | None of | 代名詞必加 of |

一秒檢查法

寫 most / some / many / all / few / both / each 之後——看下一個字：

  • 是裸名詞（people, students）→ 不加 of
  • 是 the / my / his / these → 加 of
  • 是代名詞 us/them → 加 of

寫前 0.5 秒的判斷——省掉一個 Grammar 錯誤。

相關閱讀：