misaddress

grammar · medium

易错句子He often misaddress the envelope.

正确表达He often misaddresses the envelope.

主语 he 是第三人称单数，一般现在时的动词要加 -es；misaddress 以 -ss 结尾，直接加 -es 变为 misaddresses，不能保留原形。

grammar · medium

易错句子The letter was misaddressing, so it never arrived.

正确表达The letter was misaddressed, so it never arrived.

被动语态的结构是 be + 过去分词；misaddress 的过去分词是 misaddressed，而 misaddressing 是现在分词，不能用于被动结构。

grammar · medium

易错句子She misaddressed because she was in a hurry.

正确表达She misaddressed the letter because she was in a hurry.

misaddress 是及物动词，后面必须接宾语，说明被写错地址的对象。例如 the letter；汉语“写错地址”可以不带宾语，但英语这里不能省略。