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Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-10-12 10:46 AM:
e- B0 R/ t- i G9 [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:4 O6 O% z" {% W) f, U
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How to spell your last name?* |3 J! P* g' A3 P$ f% i3 J
6 ]4 n2 x4 o4 j9 R% W6 Q9 \, x' i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 ... # i; |- \, ]" Q3 k& R- ~
, Y. [# p z4 F5 _8 r2 R"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.": X/ d* R$ [$ N2 c$ Z
& U/ z. E) E% v' g$ x) A( Z"Long time no see" is from old English.
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, D9 z- A; L8 ~4 j& S5 n2 A"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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