还有一周要二战了,看了一下版上好心人传的Ron大神的SC tips,发现大神针对a noun to verb有如下总结,实在不明白啊。
"A NOUN TO VERB"
is CORRECT ONLY when Noun is ABSTRACT
"A way to produce goods"
"A reason to try harder"
"A substance to promote X" --> WRONG! "Substance" is a concrete noun.
"A substance that promotes X" --> CORRECT!
"A tool to install the shelves" --> WRONG! "Tool" is a concrete noun.
"A tool with which to install the shelves" --> CORRECT!
如果真是noun to verb只能用于抽象的事物,那平时使用过程中也太多错误例子了吧,比如I use a pen to write a letter. (pen应该是concrete noun,难道这句话不能这样说?!)
求高人来解答一下啊。
对于RON的神论,不敢说三道四。但对于LZ举的这个例子,我可以很负责的说:I use a pen to write a letter这句话是错的。因为这样的句子中 pen to write 的宾语关系就没有逻辑性了,所以后面需要一个介词with,比如这句可以改成I use a pen to write a letter with.
不是,要不要加介词和加什么样的介词,要看前面名词和不定式的关系来定。比如:你这一句 I use a pen to write a letter with.是介词with. 但如果你把名词换了I use a paper, 那这句话就要这样I use a paper to write a letter on. 介词要变成on. 但如果你再换一下,I have a letter to write.这句就不需要介词了。