1. 我有重要的事情要告诉你。

误：I have important something to tell you.正：I have something important to tell you.析：当复合不定代词，如something， anything， everything， nothing等被形容词修饰时，形容词要放在其后。

2. 她和你父亲一样是位好老师。

误：She is as a good teacher as your father.正：She is as good a teacher as your father.析：在as …… as结构中，若形容词作定语修饰单数可数名词，不定冠词a （an）应置于形容词和名词之间，不可放在形容词之前。

3. 那里的人喜欢喝茶。

误：There people like drinking tea.正：People there like drinking tea.析：表示方位的副词，如here， there， upstairs， downstairs， below， home等也可作定语，但通常放在所修饰的词之后。