[JLPT grammar] 日本語を上手に話しがち→Incorrect
Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N3 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?
[Student’s sentence]
私の会社の人は、日本語を上手に話しがちです。
*わたしのかいしゃのひとは、
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[My correction]
私の会社の人は、日本語を上手に話しがちです。
→私の会社の人は、日本語を上手に話します。
→私の会社には、日本語を上手に話す人が多いです。
(Most of) People in my company speak Japanese very well.
がち means “tend to, be apt to, be inclined to, often get to”, it is usually used for something negative.
Speaking Japanese well is not a negative thing, so you should remove がち in your sentence.
We can use がち with these sentences;
e.g.
私の仕事(しごと)はパソコンをよく使(つか)うので、目(め)
I’m on the computer too much for work so my eyes tend to get tired.
漢字(かんじ)が多(おお)い書類(しょるい)を作(つく)
When I create a document with many kanji, I am apt to make mistakes.
These sentences contain negative meanings.
Note; We always use the verb masu-form with がち, but not nai-form, adjective, noun.
◎します→しがち(masu-form)
×しないがち(nai-form)、×大きいがち(i-adj)
I hope it helps you.😊
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