Common English Mistakes.中式英文错误

最近

口语的话，不用一直说最近。你可以说lately。

但是大部分的句子已经意味着 "最近".

How have you been?
How have you been lately?
第一个已经意味着lately，所以不用说

What have you been up to?
What have you been up to lately?
lately就强调最近的意思。


很多人说recently。这也是对的，但是有点书面语的。像给个正式business presentation 的用法。

注意，这些例子都是过去时。未来时肯定不能说 最近。过去和未来时的话，你可以用these days.

What are you reading these days?
Where are you traveling to these days?

这里，时态不定，就是 in general