在下面這段和產(chǎn)業(yè)買(mǎi)賣(mài)有關(guān)的英文里,存在著 4 個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。你看得出來(lái)嗎?
“If you have the intention to sell your flat. Please don’t hesitate to call us, we’ll offer you hightest selling price.”
第一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤是句型形式“have the intention to sell”的錯(cuò)誤;正確的形式是:intend to sell 或 have the intention of selling.
另外兩個(gè)錯(cuò)誤和標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)有關(guān)。一個(gè)是在副詞分句后面不該用句點(diǎn)而用;另一個(gè)是應(yīng)該用句點(diǎn)的地方而不用。
“If……flat”是條件副詞分句,不可獨(dú)立生存,必須依賴(lài)后頭的主句“please……us”,才可以成為完整的復(fù)雜句(complex sentence)。這樣一來(lái),主句前面的句點(diǎn),就要改成逗號(hào)(,)了。
另外一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤是兩個(gè)主句之間既沒(méi)有句點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有連接詞,而只有逗號(hào);這種錯(cuò)誤叫 run-on sentence:
“……, please don’t hesitate to call us, we……”
這個(gè)句子里的逗號(hào)(,)要改為句點(diǎn)(。)才對(duì):
“……。Please don’t hesitate to call us. We……”
不用句點(diǎn)也可以,但要用恰當(dāng)?shù)倪B接詞,如:
“……, please don’t hesitate to call us, as we’ll offer you……”
談了 3 個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,現(xiàn)在來(lái)談最后一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,就是定冠詞( definite article)的消失:
“We’ll offer you highest selling price.”
習(xí)慣上,最高級(jí)形容詞(the superlative degree of adjectives)前面要用定冠詞 the.因此,這句話(huà)要改為:
“We’ll offer you the highest selling price.”
必須使用定冠詞的例子
接下來(lái),順便把其他必須用定冠詞的場(chǎng)合列下,作為參考。
㈠ 表示世上唯一的事物,如:
① the sun; the earth; the sky; the North Pole
㈡ 當(dāng)一個(gè)名詞被再次提起時(shí),如:
② A car knocked against a tree. We can still see the mark on the tree made by the car.
㈢ 當(dāng)名詞后面有個(gè)修飾作用的短語(yǔ)或分句時(shí),如:
③ The girl in red is my sister.
④ The thief who stole your wallet yesterday was arrested.
㈣ 加在某些形容詞前面,以表示某類(lèi)人或事,如:
⑤ The rich often get richer and the poor, poorer.
⑥ The doctor lost no time in giving help to the injured.
⑦ Don’t expect the impossible.
㈤ 加在某些山川、河流、島嶼、國(guó)家名稱(chēng)之前,如:
⑧ the Alps; the Thames; the British Isles; the Philippines; the Atlantic Ocean.