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Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-10-12 10:46 AM:' j" v6 C4 h6 A, t
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?6 {1 U! |4 z) [
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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 ...
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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."' t( G+ @) l2 _* N }
: m; b) T6 S# ^( }* ]7 s3 Q' m6 }"Long time no see" is from old English.1 r# K+ z) N+ Q) V
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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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