Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ): 疑問(wèn)代名詞的時(shí)態(tài)
讀者 Dox Yu 寄電郵問(wèn),代名詞是否必須與特別的時(shí)態(tài)連用?例如, Who plays with you? 和 Who is playing with you? 哪一句正確?
疑問(wèn)代名詞包括大家熟悉的 what、where、when、which、why和how,就是所謂的「5W1H」。用英語(yǔ)發(fā)問(wèn)時(shí),除了正反問(wèn)句(yes-or-no questions),都離不開(kāi)這幾個(gè)字。
至于是否要用某一固定時(shí)態(tài),則沒(méi)有這個(gè)規(guī)定,完全視乎說(shuō)話(huà)的人要表達(dá)的動(dòng)作事件發(fā)生的時(shí)間。
Dox 提出的兩句除了時(shí)態(tài)不一樣,意思是相同的,因此兩句都符合文法。Who plays with you? 問(wèn)誰(shuí)跟你玩,意思可能是問(wèn)平常誰(shuí)跟你玩;Who is playing with you? 問(wèn)的則是現(xiàn)在誰(shuí)跟你玩。這完全是時(shí)態(tài)不同所致,跟疑問(wèn)代名詞無(wú)關(guān)。
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