tugging

grammar · medium

易错句子I felt a tugging my sleeve.

正确表达I felt a tugging at my sleeve.

名词 tugging 表示“拉、拽”时，被拽的对象需用介词 at 引出，构成 a tugging at + 对象；中文“感觉袖子被拉”容易直接照搬，漏掉介词 at。

grammar · medium

易错句子The tugging the rope was strong.

正确表达The tugging of the rope was strong.

名词 tugging 后接被拉的对象时要用 of 表示所属或对象关系，即 the tugging of + 对象；中文“拉绳子”直接翻译成 the tugging the rope 缺少 of，不符合英语名词短语结构。

grammar · medium

易错句子There were many tugging at the rope.

正确表达There were many tuggings at the rope.

tugging 是可数名词，复数形式为 tuggings；在 many 后必须用复数，因为 many 修饰可数名词复数。中文没有复数变化，容易漏掉 -s。