【問】 《新編英語語法》(上)(P.115)在講到不定冠詞的用法時說:“籠統指某人或某物,但不具體說明何人何物(名詞帶有描繪性修飾語時,僅把意義范圍縮小) 例如:I met an old man on my way here.A book I want has been acquired by the library.”讀了以上...[繼續閱讀]

    a(an)的位置【問】 不定冠詞a(an)是否永遠位于名詞短語的最前端,如a particularly able person?【答】 一般說來,不定冠詞a(an)應當放在名詞短語的最前端。但是,有幾種例外的情況。第一,當名詞短語中含有so,as,too,how這樣的詞時,不定冠詞a(...[繼續閱讀]

    a clerk and secretary/a clerk and a secretary【問】 (1) A clerk and secretary are needed. (TOEFL)(2) A clerk and a secretary is enough for such a small office as ours. (TOEFL)為什么在句(1)中secretary之前不加不定冠詞是錯誤的,而在句(2)中加上不定冠詞又是錯誤的呢?【答...[繼續閱讀]

    an education【問】 不可數名詞不能帶不定冠詞,這是我初學英語時就牢記的英語語法規則。但是我卻遇到了下面的句子,使我迷惑不解:She has had an education.【答】 有些不可數名詞,單獨使用時不能帶不定冠詞,但是,加上定語后,就可以帶不...[繼續閱讀]

    a joke【問】 Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A French-man,for instance,might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same...[繼續閱讀]

    a lamp【問】 The gas-filled tungsten filament lamp is more of a furnace than a lamp. Since it uses ninety per cent of the power to produce unwanted heat and uses only ten percent to makelight.[原譯]這種充氣鎢絲燈與其說是一盞燈,不如說是一個火爐。因為它耗去90%的電能去...[繼續閱讀]

    a medicine【問】 ...but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of equalbenefit in another... (New Concept English,Book 4,P. 115)[原譯]……但是一瓶從前對某一種疾病曾經起過這樣良好作用的藥,肯定會對另一種疾病同樣有益……(中譯...[繼續閱讀]

    a Mr Green【問】____called just now,but he didnt mention his full name.A. Mr Green B. The Mr GreenC.A Mr Green D.That Mr Green(大學生英語競賽題)我不明白為什么正確答案為C(A Mr Green)?【答】 如果不加不定冠詞a,則表明Mr Green是說話人所認識的一個人。加了不...[繼續閱讀]

    a Norwegian【問】 (1) Nancy wants to marry a Norwegian.(2) John wants to fly an aeroplane over the North Pole.有人說,上面兩個句子是歧義句,句(1)沒有表明Nancy本人腦海里是否有一個具體的挪威人,而句(2)沒有表明an aeroplane是指John本人已知的一架飛機,還是...[繼續閱讀]

    a U. S. A. car【問】a U. S. A. car,an M. P.為什么元音字母u前用不定冠a,而在輔音字母m前反而用不定冠詞an?【答】 如同在a history與an hour中那樣,使用a還是使用an,完全取決于詞開首音素的讀音而不取決于詞的拼寫形式,在以元音音素開首的詞...[繼續閱讀]