1. 他們的雇主要他們從早工作到晚。
ˇ Their employer made them work from dawn till dusk.
χ Their employer made them to work from dawn till dusk.
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註：make 用作「使某人做某事時」，後面接原形動詞，不用不定詞。
2. 我們分三個小組來討論吧！
ˇ Let us split up into three groups to discuss it.
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χ Let us to split up into three groups to discuss it.
註：let 後面接原形動時，表示「讓我們來做某事吧」。
3. 我會叫他把這些句子抄好。
ˇ I’ll have him copy these sentences.
χ I’ll have him to copy these sentences.
註： feel, hear, see, let, make, have, watch 等動詞後面複合受詞中的不定詞符號 to，照例必須省去。
4. 你最好立刻就去。
ˇ You had better go there right now.
χ You had better to go there right now.
註：had better, had best, would rather, cannot but 等慣用語，後面跟原形動詞，不用 to。
5. 我到學校時忘了鎖腳踏車。
ˇ I forgot to lock my bike when I came to school.
χ I forgot locking my bike when I came to school.
註：forget 後面跟動名詞或跟不定詞表示兩種不同的概念：1.跟動名詞作「忘記曾經……」解，2.跟不定詞作「忘記而不曾……」解。
誤句似乎是「我到學校時曾鎖好腳踏車，這事我後來忘了」，顯然與中文原意不合。「應做某事而忘了去做」應用 forget 接不定詞。
試比較下列句子：
He forgot giving her the letter.（他忘了曾經把信交給她這件事。）
He forgot to give her the letter.（他忘了把信交給她。）
Exercises
A. 我寧願要薄的不要厚的。
I would rather __________ the thin one than the thick one.
1. had 2. have 3. having 4. to have
B. 他忘了他曾經向海倫借一支鉛筆。
He forgot __________ a pencil from Helen.
1. borrowing 2. to borrow 3. borrow 4. borrowed
Answers: A. 2 B. 1
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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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