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常見英文錯誤:How to spell it?
常見英文錯誤
常見英文錯誤:How to spell it?
Teacher Sammy
Teacher Sammy
May 19, 2014
1 min
很多人以為在問別人該如何做某事時,可以直接說 How to……?
因為的確常在英文中聽到或看到這樣的用法
但事實上,只有 How to 加上原形動詞這種用法,根本就不是完整的句子
老外會懂你的意思,但在文法上是完全錯誤的
主要的原因是這樣既無主詞也無動詞
就連在口語上也是不存在的講法
那麼該怎麼講才對?
我們必須加入一個人稱當主詞
比如要問外籍老師一個單字怎麼拚
應該要說:How do you spell “avocado”?
要問人家某個東西如何使用,也是 How do you use this?
How should I use this?
假如是要問路,問人家去某個地方要怎麼走
是說 How do I get to the post office?
總之都不能直接說 How to……?

但是大家的確碰過 how to …… 這樣的用法,那是什麼呢?
那事實上是把名詞子句縮略為片語的用法
像這樣的東西不能直接當作一個問句
而是要接在一個真正完整的句子後面
比如:Do you know how to spell “avocado”?
Could you show me how to use this?
I don’t remember how to get to the post office.
各位看到前半部的 Do you know, Could you show me, I don’t remember
這個部份才是真正的句子所在,有完整的主詞動詞
Do you know how to spell “avocado”? 這個句子原本應該是
Do you know how we/you should spell “avocado”?
Could you show me how to use this? 原本應該是
Could you show me how I can/should use this?
I don’t remember how to get to the post office. 原本應該是
I don’t remember how I can get to the post office.
像這種以疑問詞開頭,但後面卻照一般句子先主詞再動詞的用法
(而不是疑問句先 be/助動詞 再主詞的用法)
就叫做名詞子句 (想更了解名詞子句,請見「文法」類別裡關於名詞子句的三篇文章)
假如原始的名詞子句部分剛好是 how + 主詞 + can, should + 原形動詞的話
就可以縮略為 to + 原形動詞的片語
所以當原始句子是:Did you tell Karen how she can get in touch with Tom?
就可以縮略成:Did you tell Karen how to get in touch with Tom?
但若原始句子是:Did you tell Karen how you did that?
就不能改成 Did you tell Karen how to do that?

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