英文問題 The library has...

2010-08-16 10:26 pm

小弟有少少英文問題,希望師兄姐幫手:loveliness:

以前讀書果陣,老師成日話唔可以 "地方has..." ,要用"there are...in 地方"
但係我頭先查字典果陣搵到句:
"The library has many art treasures."
而以前讀書果陣老師話要用" There are many art treasures in the library."

咁究竟咩情況下可以用"The library has...",??

唔該哂各位:loveliness:

回答 (1)

garlic2010

2010-08-17 10:53 am

✔ 最佳答案

It is a very good question.

One use of "Have" is to show a quality or feature. Objects of lifeless form can be the subjective of have/has.

Let me illustrate this with examples.

A table has four legs. (correct)
There are two cups on the table. (correct)
The table has two cups. (wrong, because the two cups are not features of the table)

The house has central air-conditioning. (correct)
The house has 3 bedrooms. (correct)
Central air-conditioning and and 3 bedrooms are all features of the house.

There is a house by the river. (correct)
The river has a house on its shore. (wrong)

The library has many art treasures. (correct)
Having many art treasures is part of the quality of a library.
The library has a record of 5 million books.

The library has many visitors every day. (It is widely acceptable today.)

Hope it helps.

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