1. 表示“提到”“提及”，是及物動詞，其后接名詞或代詞作賓語時，無需用任何介詞；另外注意不接雙賓語。如：
不要在孩子們面前提及此事。
誤：Don’t mention about it before the children.
正：Don’t mention it before the children.
他從未向我提及他有個女朋友。
誤：He never mentioned me his girl friend.
正：He never mentioned his girl friend to me.
正：He never mentioned to me that he had a girl friend.
2. 若后接動詞，要用動名詞，不能用不定式。如：
我一提起踢足球，他就說太忙。
誤：Whenever I mention to play footall, he says he’s too busy.
正：Whenever I mention playing footall, he says he’s too busy.
3. 口語中說 Don’t mention it. 主要用來回答感謝，有時也用來回答道歉。如：
A：Thank you very much. 多謝你了。
B：Don’t mention it. 不客氣。
A：I’m sorry to have troubled you. 對不起打擾你了。
B：Don’t mention it. 沒關系。
4. 用于 not to mention, 意為“更不用說”“還不算”。如：
He can speak French, German and Japanese, not to mention English. 他會說法語，德語和日語，更不用說英語。
Ther’re ten of us ready to help, not to mention [without mentioning] the children. 我們有10個人愿意幫忙，還不算小孩。