《英语词汇易错辨误》编者童三牛整理了在英语教学中积累起来的大量的学生提出的疑难题以及在各类考试中出现的各种易错题；同时，从现行大学、中学英语教材中，选用了部分易错常用词与词组，经整理、归纳，编写了此书。希望它能对英语学习者或从事英语教学的工作者，起到一定的参考作用。

童三牛编著的《英语词汇易错辨误》归纳、汇集了现行高中英语课本及部分大学英语课本中常见易错用的词，词组288组，按字母顺序予以排列。每组词汇都以“英语释义，用法辨析，例句列举，相应练习。”形式加以编排。

a bit, a few, a little

a great deal of, a great number of, a lot of

a brace of, a couple of, a pair of, a piece of

above, over, on

able, capable, can

above all, after all, at all

about, around, or so

absorb, attract, draw, digest

absurd, foolish, silly, stupid

achieve, acquire, gain, obtain

act as, act for, act on, act out

accept, receive, take

accident, event, incident

accomplish, complete, finish, fulfil

activity, act, action, deed

ache, hurt, pain

across, over, through

actual, real, true

accent, noise, sound, voice

add in, add to, add up, add up to

adapt, fit, match, suit

advise, persuade, suggest

advantage, benefit, profit, interest

admit, allow, permit, let

affair, business, matter

afraid, frightened, terrible, dreadful

affect, influence, impress

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