【明報專訊】昨天提到participate要與in連用,而involve則不需要,原因是participate是個不及物動詞,而involve是個及物動詞。另外還有一個字也常引起混淆,那就是enter
【明報專訊】畢明人問:與朋友談起participate的用法,有人認為participate本身已包含「參與」的意思,若加上in就變成冗詞,但亦有人持相反意見。另外,involve一詞也出現類似的問題
【明報專訊】上次討論minute和minutes兩個字的意思時,曾說過會議紀錄的英語是meeting minutes,而不是單數的minute。但這個是今天的用法,過去的minute其實也有類似的意思
【明報專訊】Writers tend to use "would" to inform the reader about what follows in their work or what they
【明報專訊】Kin Chung Yau問:Minute writing skills和minutes writing skills,哪個才對?
【明報專訊】Interrogative words can be used in questions. They are placed at the start of the question:
【明報專訊】最近正在教詞的分類。有學生下課後來郵問:I would like to know whether this word is belongs to "noun"。詢問詞的分類當然沒問題,但i
【明報專訊】Maria問:affect和effect有什麼分別?
【明報專訊】The harsh winter was over and spring was finally coming. The giant panda had heard that some o
【明報專訊】Maria問:raise和rise用法上有什麼不同?