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文法Q & A

問題1.

請問all 後面到底要加單數還是複數動詞？

答案：

如果all的意思是指「全部」或是「唯一」，那麼做主詞的時候，動詞就用單數。

例句：

l  My sister is really strange. All she talks about is rabbits.

我妹妹真的很怪，她每天開口閉口都是兔子。(她每天講的，唯一會提到的，都是跟兔子有關的事情，這時候請用單數動詞。)

l  All he wants is a little love from you.

l  All you need to make the perfect chocolate pie is a bar of chocolate and some butter.(這邊巧克力與奶油是一體的，兩者不能拆開來，所以用單數動詞)

l  I am not going to Chloe’s class anymore, because all she talks about in class is ghosts and reincarnation. (鬼與輪迴是她唯一會談的東西)

可是如果all的意思是「他們全部」或是「每一個人」的時候，那動詞就要用複數了

l  All the students are gone.

l  All of us are here to listen to your adventure.

l  All must eat in order to live.(強調每一個人)

問題2.

每次都會忍不住說出although/but這種句型，要不然就是because /so，該怎麼辦？

中式英文：although/but

中式英文：because/so

答案：

請記一個口訣，那就是一山容不下二虎。

例句：

l  (X) Although she is over 50, but she doesn’t look her age. (一山不能有二虎，所以這句話是錯的)

l  (O) Although she is over 50, she doesn’t look her age. (although 跟 but 只能二選一。)

    這句話的意思是，雖然她已經年過50，實際年紀卻看不出有那麼老)

l  She is over 50, but she doesn’t look her age.

Because/so句型看這裡

l   (X) Because I really like Jack, so I want to go out with him. (錯誤)

l  (O) Because I really like Jack, I want to go out with him.(正確)

l (O) I really like Jack, so I want to go out with him. (正確)

問題3.

我不太知道什麼時候要用amount 什麼時候又要用number。為什麼不能說a big amount of money? 英文的錢這個字，不是不可數的嗎？

答案：

錯誤句型

(X) My father is making a big amount of money in Taiwan. 

正確句型

(O) My father is making a large /huge amount of money in Taiwan. 

錯誤句型

(X) The number of tourists in Taiwan gets bigger every year.

正確句型

(O) The number of tourists in Taiwan gets larger/greater every year.

錯誤句型

(X) The amount of tourists in Taiwan increases every year.

正確句型

(O)The number of tourists in Taiwan increases every year.

錯誤句型

(X) A large number of our fitness equipment was damaged after the earthquake.

正確句型

(O) A large amount of our fitness equipment was damaged after the earthquake.

(記得amount後面不可數要用單數動詞)

(O) A large number of pieces of equipment were damaged after the earthquake.

(記得number of pieces of 用在不可數的器材equipment，若使用了number of pieces of 之後就可接複數動詞)

最後提點

1.    用large 或small來描述amount 或number，不要用big 和 little. 如下:

l  Large amount, small amount, large number, small number (O)

l  Big amount, big number, little amount, little number (X)

2.     如果後面的名詞是可數，就應該用number

3.     如果後面的名詞是不可數，就應該用amount

例句：

l  The number of computers manufactured each year keeps increasing.

l  The amount of money charged to my account is $ 100,000.