for getting / to get

2009-02-18 7:06 am
The decision to get a pet is a big one.
The decision for getting a pet is a big one.
前者正確後者錯
為什麼?
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回答 (2)

2009-02-18 7:18 pm
✔ 最佳答案
這兩句中,當然是第一句正確
to get a pet是用了to infinitive,而這句的to infinitive的功用是作為”形容詞不定詞”(adjective infinitve)來形容the decision(也就是說出這個decision是甚麼)
如:He is not a man to tell a lie(to tell a lie就是形容詞不定詞,來形容a man,而這個man是會說謊話的,當然全句的意思是:他不是會說謊的人)

而英文的習慣,當用decision時,當想用preposition(介詞)帶出其內容時,就必須用about/ on,如:
a decision on the issue might not be necessary.
He never made a swift decision about anything.
希望幫到你!


2009-02-18 17:46:25 補充:
只是靠search是不夠的,還用這種挑戰人就更可笑

你大可去書局查考collins COBUILD所出的Collin Cobuild English Guides:1. Preposition就可知,名詞decision是用on或about帶出其內容或題目

而Longman所出版的”Dictionary of Contemporary English”就有二例

We finally came to a firm decision on the matter

They can help with decision about where to invest your money.
2009-02-18 7:27 am
usage上, decide/decision後面係跟「to+v」黎表達後者為decision的主體內容, 如果後面唔係跟verb而係跟noun就會係「about + noun」, decide for同decision for在usage上較為不妥, 但technically correct

2009-02-18 22:59:37 補充:
captainkirk2047令我諗起我個friend講起「井底之娃」...

井底之娃:786,000
井底之蛙:749,000

2009-02-19 01:38:33 補充:
唔好咁敏感...... 係我上次真係打左錯別字, 我個friend捉我, 我又係用google同佢糾纏o者..... 我都經歷過你呢個階段

2009-02-19 01:41:04 補充:
同埋而家都的確有種所謂「International English」的出現, 只要大家明就的確唔洗斟酌用邊個preposition先岩o既(除非真係一句phrase), 不過如果佢係用黎考試, 或者係學習英語之用, 我梗係想用返英/美的英文o黎講解啦

2009-02-19 01:46:45 補充:
回覆返樓主, 既然四種都有人用, 而你的確係要用黎考試, 你唯有問返老師睇下改卷時會接受哪個答案, 其實四個答案大家都明, 但考試有分o既只有一個

2009-02-19 04:34:27 補充:
呀, 完全唔記得講「for getting」...... 「decide for/decision for」後面所寫的, 不是decision的內容, 而是做該decision的原因或目的, 首先, 用「a big one」做subject complement去講一個冇提及內容的decision同講空話冇分別, 所以錯
如果話「The decision for getting a pet has been made」, 咁就通喇


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