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Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-10-12 10:46 AM:
$ p% u* F8 S4 U) o; {0 a8 ~: n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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3 U4 e. J" j2 k! U* t6 PHow to spell your last name?
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$ B. q1 n) b/ R; L' U& P9 z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 ...
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4 j- V8 Y7 L+ d4 @) l) s6 H1 B"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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Y: {! V+ }0 O( ]. `9 q1 }; w"Long time no see" is from old English.1 ~5 }8 _: p% s& N' s2 l) w
+ t8 A: K. I, f" X. I! W* _' Y"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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