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本帖最后由 雲吞 于 2009-12-31 08:56 编辑
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上大学时老师说,如果due to用于引出原因,通常是不好的事情。好的事情一般用thank to。我当时深以为然。
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4 ?8 j' L w1 T$ S- X; n$ @# I1 L7 g9 W后来到了埃德蒙顿,发现很多场合,好的事情也用due to。比如,The success of our project was due to everyone's hard work., a9 Q9 j4 ~ x- W* x& \7 ?- ^* v
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B. The loss of more than 1,500 lives was due to lack of lifeboats.
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due to 的用法,A就是错的,B就是对的。因为在B里,due to用来修饰loss,而在A里due to没有名词可以修饰。虽然大家都明白A说的意思,而且时常也能听到本地人这么说,但他还是错的。/ c$ Q. ~ w% _4 G
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要是我的理解有误,请大家指正呢 |
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