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Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-10-12 10:46 AM:
0 e' R$ B7 s# P6 Q5 s# X6 D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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x7 Q$ o8 n! u: FHow to spell your last name?7 I3 W, q V. ^% X3 u7 [
) K8 ?; S- I, e. J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 ... " c! y$ O7 B& }9 ^ B
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"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."$ I/ ~" E4 G8 j4 ]4 ?+ [
( `1 G- s( u S$ y"Long time no see" is from old English." D8 A) I/ ?$ s6 _$ I" t3 u3 B
, h- a6 R! d5 P+ E1 [( J"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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