good-for-naught

grammar · medium

易错句子He is good-for-naught; he never does any work.

正确表达He is a good-for-naught; he never does any work.

good-for-naught 是可数名词，指“无用的人”，单数泛指时前面必须加不定冠词 a。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。

grammar · medium

易错句子Don't trust that good-for-not.

正确表达Don't trust that good-for-naught.

naught 意为“无、零”，与否定词 not 拼写相近但意思不同；写成 good-for-not 属于拼写错误，应保留 naught。

grammar · medium

易错句子Those two men are good-for-naught.

正确表达Those two men are good-for-naughts.

指多个人时，可数名词 good-for-naught 要用复数形式 good-for-naughts，与 two、those 保持一致。