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Its與Its的區(qū)別
旅英多年的作家陶杰先生在其專欄談居英期間的見(jiàn)聞,說(shuō)英國(guó)很多大學(xué)生連its和it's也分不清楚。大家會(huì)不會(huì)也分不清楚。空(qǐng)先拿紙筆出來(lái),用its和it's各造一個(gè)句子看看。造了句子才繼續(xù)看下去好嗎?
Its是代詞,也是it的所有格(genitive case),解作“它的”。
It's則是it is或it has的縮略語(yǔ)。
以下兩句,請(qǐng)?jiān)谔摼上填寫(xiě)正確的字:
_____ time to buy a new computer.
Every company has _____ problems.
大家有沒(méi)有在線上寫(xiě)下正確的答案?
現(xiàn)在揭曉:
(i) It's time to buy a new computer.(是時(shí)候買(mǎi)一部新的電腦了。)
句中的It's相等于It is。
(ii) Every company has its problem.(每家公司都有本身的問(wèn)題。)
句中its是it的所有格(genitive case),解作“它的”,與It's迥不相侔。
我們現(xiàn)在用it這個(gè)字來(lái)談?wù)剝煞N文法--書(shū)面語(yǔ)文法與口頭語(yǔ)文法。
英國(guó)當(dāng)代文法大師Michael Swan說(shuō)得好:
(i) To be with you is nice.
(ii) That you should like him is interesting.
以上這兩句話分別用不定式(infinitive)和名詞字句(noun clause)作主語(yǔ)(subject),完全合乎"書(shū)面語(yǔ)文法",然而,口頭語(yǔ)卻不常用,英美兩國(guó)的人十之八九都不會(huì)這樣說(shuō),常用的方法是把it字放在句首,而把真正的主語(yǔ)(subject)放在比較后的位置,所以會(huì)把上述兩句話說(shuō)成:
(i) It's nice to be with you.
(ii) It's interesting that you should like him.
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