1. 眾所皆知，資訊產業是我國經濟的基礎。
ˇ As everyone admits, the IT industry is the backbone of our economy.
χ As everyone admits that the IT industry is the backbone of our economy.
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註：這裏 as 作關係代名詞，引導從屬子句。誤句多了 that， IT industry is. . . 就變成從屬句，欠缺了主句，結構上錯誤。又如：
As my friend pointed out, necessity is the mother of invention.
As is known to all, grammar is not the only important thing in language study.
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2. 她心情總是非常好。
ˇ She is always in a good mood.
χ She always is in a good mood.
註：always, often 一般放在行為動詞之前，連繫動詞、助動詞之後：
He always behaves well.
He is always happy and gay.
He is always reading.
其他用法類似的副詞，還有 still、also、hardly、seldom、never 等。
3. 你看！他還在寫報告呢。
ˇ Look! He is still working on his report.
χ Look! He still is working on his report.
註：still 用作修飾行為動詞當副詞時，其位置與 also 相同。試觀察下列句子並與中文作比較：
He still remains here.
He is still reading that novel.
He is still very active.
4. 由於腦部受傷的結果，他甚至不記得自己的名字。
ˇ As a result of a brain injury, he cannot even remember his own name.
χ As a result of a brain injury, he even cannot remember his own name.
註：even 若用作修飾動詞時，放在行為動詞之前，但放在連繫動詞、助動詞之後。試比較：
He even forgot his own address.
He did not even know the first thing about integrals.
She cannot even remember her own birthday.
5. 下面的聲明，他看了沒有？
ˇ Did he read the statement below?
χ Did he read the below statement?
註：the above statement 很常見，但不可說 *the below statement，只可以說 the statement below 或 the following statement。
Exercises
A. 不要吵她！她還在寫功課呢。
Don’t disturb her! She ________ doing her homework.
1. still is
2. is still
B. 他很虛弱，甚至無法走路。
He is very weak. He ____________________ .
1. cannot walk even
2. even cannot walk
3. cannot even walk
4. cannot even walks
Answers: A. 2 B. 3
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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》，《英語的對與錯》，《世紀病毒：必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員；研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯，從事植物與人文導覽數十年，亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。
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