英語講義【4】the定冠詞省不得

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在下面這段和產(chǎn)業(yè)買賣有關(guān)的英文里,存在著 4 個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。你看得出來嗎?
    “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,主句前面的句點(diǎn),就要改成逗號(,)了。
    另外一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤是兩個(gè)主句之間既沒有句點(diǎn)也沒有連接詞,而只有逗號;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(,)要改為句點(diǎn)(。)才對:
    “……。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,級形容詞(the superlative degree of adjectives)前面要用定冠詞 the.因此,這句話要改為:
    “We'll offer you the highest selling price.”
    必須使用定冠詞的例子
    接下來,順便把其他必須用定冠詞的場合列下,作為參考。
    ㈠ 表示世上的事物,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、國家名稱之前,如:
    ⑧ the Alps; the Thames; the British Isles; the Philippines; the Atlantic Ocean.