Wednesday, November 21, 2007

英語中「也」的說法, 快忘光了!

英語中「也」的說法:(第五冊第六課)

本課中所談論的是「也」在英文中的講法:英文中的「也」共有五種說法,分別是 too/either 、 so/neither,及 also:

(一)too/either:肯定的用 too;否定的用 either;兩者均是放在句尾,且其前加逗號。

e.g. 1. He is a student, and I am (a student), too.
2. Susan collected stamps, and her sister did/ironed her skirt, too.
3. John doesn't study English on Sunday, and Tom doesn't (study English on Sunday), either.
4. Jean can't speak any Chinese, and Jack can't (speak any Chinese), either.

註:若有需要用連接詞時,一定是用 and,因前後兩個子句的意思是一致的。


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(二)另一種「也」的說法是 so/neither:

這兩個的用法,常見於對話中,如課本的課本第 62~63 頁,但也有可能像上述的例句 1~4,如習作第 42~43 頁。該兩字中,so 是用於肯定句;neither 是用於否定句。此外,它們的用法尚有:

so/neither:兩者均是於在句首,且其後的子句,主詞和動詞須倒裝。,但倒裝時,要特別注意 so/neither 後面的字詞,參考底下的例句,即可得粗略概念。

e.g. 5. He is a student, and so am I.(I 和 am 的位置調換,這種情形叫做「倒裝」。)
6. Susan collected stamps, and so did her sister.
7. John doesn't study English on Sunday, and neither does Tom.
8. Jean can't speak any Chinese, and neither can Jack.