gab

grammar · medium

易错句子My cousin has too many gab — he never stops talking.

正确表达My cousin has too much gab — he never stops talking.

gab 表示“闲聊、话多”时是不可数名词，只能由 much 修饰；many 只修饰可数名词复数，不能与 gab 连用。

grammar · medium

易错句子She has gift of the gab and could sell anything.

正确表达She has the gift of the gab and could sell anything.

“the gift of the gab”是固定习语，gift 前必须带定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉这个 the，习语也随之不成立。