Generally speaking, the main purpose of reading is for the understanding of the meaning of the sentences or texts. However, sometimes, the grammar errors in the reading materials may mislead you. Therefore, you need to learn some frequently seen mistakes when learning Mandarin Chinese. For example, 今天村长格外高兴，他已经被委任拥有至高荣誉的证婚人. This sentence intends to indicate that the village head is very happy because he is honored as honorable marriage witness. In Chinese language, we need to add 为to express the meaning of as, forming 经被委任为…

Some beginners may speak the Chinese sentence like 随着人们对原始人类越来越多了解，一种不安的感觉弥漫开来. The former part of this sentence carries the meaning of “with more understanding of human being to primitive human”. It should be changed into 随着人们对原始人类的了解越来越多 because 人们对原始人类的了解and 越来越多 combines together to form a subject-predicate structure.

Another mistake that the students often make when they learn to speak Chinese is that reflect in the sentence 虽然世界上其他地方的居民可能不比我们一样乐观，他们也相信自己的未来会更加美好. As soon as you see比, you may think of the comparison. However, there is no comparison in this sentence. On the opposite, it intends to show the condition of the same kind. Therefore, we should replace 比 with 像, meaning just like something.

When you study Mandarin online, you may often see the structure 与其说…不如说… in Chinese language. However, some students may use the two parts in incorrect order. For instance, in the sentence 这时候，他的心里不如说充满了没见到那信的失望，与其说更多的是由此引起的疑惑. With the similar meaning of “rather than”, the wrong order of 与其说…不如说… will produce the wring meanings.