詞法—不定詞的誤用
1. 我得記住星期五要把報告寫好。
ˇ I must remember to finish my report by Friday.
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χ I must remember finishing my report by Friday.
註︰remember 後面跟動名詞或不定詞表示兩種不同的概念，與 forget 相類似。
試比較下列句子：
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I remember meeting him somewhere.（我記得曾經在某處見過他。）
I must remember to meet him at the station at six this evening.
（我必須記住今晚六點得去車站接他。）
He remembered turning off the light when he left the room.
（他記得離開房間時曾先把燈熄了。）
Remember to turn off the light when you leave the room.
（記住離開房間時要把燈關了。）
2. 他提醒她做好她份內的事。
ˇ He reminded her to do her job.
χ He reminded her of doing her job.
註︰remind ... of ... 後面跟動名詞，表示「使人想起做過某事」。若是「提醒某人應做某事」，應用 remind ... to do ...。試比較下列句子：
He reminded me of my attending the lecture last Friday.
（他讓我想起我上星期五去聽過那次演講。）
He reminded me to attend the lecture this afternoon.
（他提醒我下午要去聽演講。）
3. 他開始為考試做準備。
ˇ He is beginning to study for his exams.
ˇ He has begun to study for his exams.
χ He is beginning studying for his exams.
註：begin 可以接不定詞也可以接動名詞，例如 He began to study for his exams. ＝ He began studying for his exams.。但is beginning, was beginning 後面常接不定詞，也許是為了避免重複用 -ing。
4. 告訴他不要做這件事。
ˇ Tell him not to do it.
χ Tell him don’t do it.
註︰「告訴他……」整句是祈使句，但「不要做這件事」在這裏不是直接引語，不能視作祈使句，因此不能用 don’t ＋原形動詞來表示。
5. 房客一下車，我們趕上去幫他們提行李。
ˇ As soon as the guests got off the bus, we hurried over to help carry their bags.
χ As soon as the guests got off the bus, we hurried over, carrying their bags.
註︰現在分詞表示的動作，往往與句中謂語動詞所表示的動作同時進行。例句 carrying 顯然不是與 hurried 同時進行，應改用不定詞 to help carry...，表示「趕去」的目的，否則便是「手裏拿了行李奔過去」，不是「奔過去拿行李」了。
Exercises
A. 我記得曾在圖書館遇見過你。
I remember __________ you in the library.
1. meet 2. to meet 3. meeting 4. met
B. 要記得寄我的包裹啊！
Remember __________ my parcel!
1. mail 2. mailing 3. to mail 4. mails
Answers:
A. 3
B. 3
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