可以幫我check一句文法是否錯誤嗎?

2008-05-18 7:46 pm
what countries contribute to Hong Kong?
or
what are the countries contribute to Hong Kong?

問題意思是:有什麼國家對香港有貢獻?

回答 (3)

2008-05-18 8:28 pm
✔ 最佳答案
Sorry guys - I'm afraid both of the answers above mine are wrong. And to the poster - the two sentences are wrong as well.
The more correct way would be:
'Which countries have contributED to Hong Kong?'
'What contributions have other countries made to Hong Kong?'
The first poster said Which countries have contribution to Hong Kong ? - to use 'which' is correct. However, a verb should always follow 'have', such as 'have done', 'have seen' - this is past participle. So to have a noun 'contribution' following 'have' (a verb by itself) in this past participle sentence is incorrect.

The 2nd poster - What are the countries have been contributed to HK? - It would be correct if it's 'What are the countries THAT have been contributING to HK?' This would make the sentence a past-continuous one, and in an accusative form (ie. which country IN PARTICULAR have contributed to HK?)
貢獻 - contribution (noun). To describe the action of 貢獻, it is 'to MAKE a contribution'. Same case as 'to MAKE a donation' - it requires a verb.
With your sentences:
what countries contribute to Hong Kong? - must add '-ed' to contribute as it is now a verb. Past tense needed (ie. it has happened already).
what are the countries contribute to Hong Kong? - must add '-ing' to contribute as it is also now a verb but it's present-continuous (ie. it's happening now and will be happening in the future)
Hope that makes sense.
參考: Me
2008-05-18 7:55 pm
The first one is correct. There is no grammatical mistake.
For the 2nd sentence, there are 2 verbs. Therefore it is wrong. If you want to make it correct, you must change like this:

What are the countries have been contributed to HK?
參考: me
2008-05-18 7:53 pm
what are the countries contribute to Hong Kong ?
1. We should use “which” countries, not “what” countries
2. 貢獻 is a noun, so we should use a noun too – contribution.
So, your sentence should be changed to :
Which countries have contribution to Hong Kong ?
參考: Myself


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