文法懶人包又來了!無痛英文文法3 (according to...的用法)看完秒懂!


無痛英文文法這個單元,專挑非母語人在說英文時,最常犯的語病。
有些英文的表達方式,乍看之下好像沒啥問題,但其實是不正確的。大家時間寶貴,教練就不廢話了,馬上切入正題。



今天要說的就是大家無論口說還是寫作都很愛使用的according to.
大家在這上面犯的錯,不亞於although + but 這種中式英文思維。

請先看下面這三個句子

1. According to David's opinion, Mary is not the ideal girlfriend     for John.

2. According to me, this Gucci bag is an excellent deal.


3. According to my opinion, this is an excellent school.


According to 中文的意思是按照或是依照的意思,通常要表示我們的消息是從某人或是某處得來的。

但是你曉得嗎?上面那三個句子都是錯的。
沒錯,你沒看錯,上面三句都錯了。

因為According to 後面只能加上人名
下面的句子才是對的

1. According to Sharon, this Gucci bag is an excellent deal.

2. According to David, Mary is not the ideal girlfriend for 
    John. 

不然你不要用According to ,換成下面這樣的寫法也可以

1. In David's opinion, Mary is not the ideal girlfriend for John.

如果你的資訊是從某個資料管道看到的,記得句子要這樣寫

1. According to his schedule, the bus will arrive soon after we land.

2. According to the timetable, the plane arrives at 10:00 pm.

3. According to the latest research reports, pregnant women need more folic acid in order to stay healthy.

既然according to 不能與view opinion 之類的字一起用,所以如果你真要用opinion 這類的字眼該怎麼辦?下面是參考例句

1. In my opinion, the mayor is an honest and decent politician. 

2. In the government's view, public housing is the only solution to resolve our current social problems.

另外,advice建議這個字,請不要加s。而且這個字的動詞名詞拼法不同,千萬別搞錯了。

Please give me some advices. (錯)
Please give me some advice. (對)

Thanks, that is a good advice. (錯)
Thanks, that is a great piece of advice. (對)

一定要記住,Advice 是不可數名詞,沒有複數形式,也不能跟an 連用

My doctor advised me to lose weight and exercise more.(動詞)

I will listen to my doctor's advice. (名詞)

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