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在英语中有些复合词（组）分开用时，其意义与原来用法有较大的区别。下面举例说明，希望能够引起同学们的注意。

1. Water is very important in our everyday life.

Every day Mr.  Wang walks to school.

everyday是形容词作定语，意为“每日的”;而every day是副词短语，意为“每一天”。

2. My father usually reads newspaper after supper，but sometimes he watches TV.

They have been to Shanghai some times.

He will stay in Jinan for some time.

Aunt Wang will visit his son sometime next month.

sometimes意为“有时候”;some times中time意为“次数”;some time为一段时间;而sometime为将来某一不特定的时间。

3. His father may be a teacher.

Maybe it is in one of your pockets.

may為情态动词，与be共同构成谓语;maybe为副词，作状语，多用于句首，相当于“perhaps”。

4. Chinese take-away food is also popular.

Please take them away.

take-away为复合形容词，意为“外卖的，可带走的”;take away为动词短语，意为“拿走，带走”。

5. One day when Susan was eight years old，she saw a wallet lying on ground.

She is an 8-year-old girl.

eight years old是形容词短语，多作表语，词组中名词用复数，可以用“at the age of...”替换;8-year-old为复合形容词，多作前置定语，其中数字多用阿拉伯数字，名词用单数，词之间用连字符。如：100-meter-race，two-month-holiday等。

6. Chen Hui is coming tonight.

His grandfather was made to work from morning to night.

tonight为副词，意为“今晚”;而to night为介词短语，意为“到晚上”。