1. 你覺得誰是班上最好的學生？
ˇ Who do you think is the best student in the class?
χ Whom do you think is the best student in the class?
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註︰這裡 do you think 可以視為插入語。「誰」不是 do you think 的受詞，而是 is the best student... 的主詞，所以應用主格 who。
2. 我們和他們有同樣的問題。
ˇ We had the same problem as they (had).
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ˇ Our problem was the same as theirs (was).
χ We had the same problem as theirs.
註︰誤句中主句的主詞是 we，而從屬句的主詞卻是 theirs (＝ their problem)，所比較的事物不一致。如主句中用 we 作主詞，從屬句中主詞即須改為 they。如保留從屬句中的主詞theirs，則主句的主詞要改為 our problem，句子其他部分也須作相應的改變。
3. 樹上的葉子都落光了。
ˇ The tree has shed its leaves.
χ The tree has shed it’s leaves.
註︰it 的所有格是 its；it’s 是 it is 的縮寫形式，二者絕不可相混。
4. 一個人如果什麼事都想做，就會一事無成。
ˇ Nothing can be accomplished if one attempts to do everything.
χ Nothing can be accomplished if one attempts to do anything.
註︰anything 一般用在疑問句或否定句中，例如：Is there anything in the box?。誤句從屬句 “if ...” 中沒有否定的涵義，不可用 anything，應該用 everything。為了加強語氣，有 anything and everything 一語，意為「任何一切事物」，因此原句也可以改作 Nothing can be accomplished if one attempts to do anything and everything.。
5. 有人來找過我嗎？沒有。
ˇ Did any one come looking for me? No. / No one came.
χ Did any one come looking for me? None.
註︰none 與 no one 雖然都作「沒有人」解，但略有區別，none 往往有固定範圍，如 none of them、none of the people，而 no one 沒有這種限制。試比較下列的句子：
學生中有人做好功課嗎？沒有。
Did any of the students finish their homework? None of them did.
有人能解出這個問題嗎？沒有。
Is there anyone who can solve this problem correctly? No./No one can.
Exercises
A. 這朵花的花瓣已經掉光了。
The flower has shed __________ petals.
1. their
2. theirs
3. its
4. it’s
B. 如果你想一次處理所有事情，有可能會搞得一團糟。
If you try to handle __________ at once, you’ll probably mess it up.
1. anything
2. everything
3. something
4. nothing
Answers:
A. 3 B. 2
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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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