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Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-10-12 10:46 AM:# F4 W4 r3 o( q, A7 B
中国同学遇见老外,想知道人家的姓是怎么拼的,经常脱口而出:
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How to spell your last name?' S) |, f2 q$ j5 i! A
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其实这种错误不光是中国同学特有的。亚非拉的同学很多都这么说。从语法的角度说,how to spell your last name ... 5 W6 T9 L2 k: D- Q
& r8 B+ @& w4 I8 t1 a"how to..." is a phrase. Therefore it can't be used as a sentence like " How do you...; Since it is a phrase, it can be used as TITLE--you can use a word, a phrase or a sentence as a title. Same reason "how to..." can also be used as part of a sentence: " I am not sure how to spell your first name."
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- R5 r! O! n6 L! s5 ["Long time no see" is from old English.0 T5 w! h h3 s4 C3 K
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"No problem" is short form for " I have no problem..." "There is no problem ..." so when used in answering something, it is simply expressed as "No problem". |
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