miserableness

grammar · medium

易错句子After losing his job, he felt very miserableness.

正确表达After losing his job, he felt very miserable.

miserableness 是名词，不能放在系动词 feel 后面作表语，也不能被 very 直接修饰。表示“感到痛苦”要用形容词 miserable，构成 feel + 形容词的系表结构，所以改为 he felt very miserable。

grammar · medium

易错句子She often talked about a miserableness of her childhood.

正确表达She often talked about the miserableness of her childhood.

由 -ness 构成的抽象名词一般不可数，不能加不定冠词 a。这里特指“她童年的那种悲惨”，表示特指要用定冠词 the，即 the miserableness of her childhood。

grammar · medium

易错句子His face showed signs of miserable.

正确表达His face showed signs of miserableness.

介词 of 后面必须接名词或动名词作宾语，而 miserable 是形容词，不能直接跟在 of 之后。应改用同根名词 miserableness，构成 signs of miserableness。