英文文法 ing用法

Eat (verb) = 吃
Drink (verb) = 喝, 飲
Drink (noun) = 飲料, 酒
Travel (verb) = 旅行, 移動, 被傳播
Travel (noun) = the act or activity of travelling (旅行, 遊歷)

1. No eating and drinking =不許飲食 (可能是寫在告示牌, 包括任何食物飲品)

Eating 和 drinking 是 gerund, 當 noun 使用
Eating = the act or activity of eating
Drinking = the act or activity of drinking
許多的字典中, eating (noun) 和 drinking (noun) 是分開地列為 noun

No eat and drink ~錯
No eat (動詞) ~ perhaps Chinese English
Compare :
long time no see (動詞) = 好久不見, 好耐冇見
~ Chinese Pidgin English, also American Indian Pidgin English

No drink (noun), 當 drink 用作名詞時, 容易誤解 “不許飲酒”


2. The best city for travel
因為 travel本身可以是 noun, 並且解the act or activity of travelling, 無需多此一舉用 gerund
嚴格來說, 我們用The best city to visit 比較好
When you travel, you go to several places, especially in a foreign country. 是usage 問題

幾時要用 -ing?
嘗試用 traveling 作例子
當 travelling 是作 present participle
He is travelling around the world. (present continuous tense)
He spends much of his time travelling abroad. (traveling abroad 是 present participial phrase)
The 80-year-old man needs a travelling companion. (travelling這裡作 adjective)
He was exhausted from all the travelling. (Use a gerund ~ 強調旅行或商務旅行(出差) 無停過)

2014-01-07 10:44:06 補充：
No allowance in eating (or drinking) ~ 錯

在 British English,
allowance 大多數解 津貼,零用錢. 除了 idiom "make allowance for ".

Eating and drinking is/are not allowed
This is not allowed. ("Eating and drinking" is treated as a single unit.)
"This" and "that" are not allowed.

不准飲食(Why要+ing?)
No eating and drinking- Noun = 名詞

I am eating an apple - eating = verb 動詞



最佳旅遊城市(Why5洗+ing?)
The best city for travel - travel 在這裡是名詞Noun , 本身也是動詞verb

I travel from one city to another. verb 動詞

No eating and drinking
把動詞+ING 變成動名詞
eat 是動詞不可當名詞使用,eating 是名詞
並不是現在進行式的 is/am/are +ing

The best city for travel
而travel 可當動/名詞使用

Some Nouns can be followed by preposition + --ing
eg:-No allawance (noun) in eating
eg:-No allowance (noun)in drinking.
They are called "Gerund"
gerund is a verbal noun=eating Or drinking.

Some other adjectives are followed by preposition +--ing
eg:-The best city for travelling.
"travelling " is a participle qualifying "city".
Present participle used as an adjective=travelling
Or The best city for travel.
"travel" qualifying "city"

Keep up with your good work .
Consult Oxford English Grammar Course, Intermediate.

2014-01-04 14:44:31 補充：
If travel is a noun,then
eg:-They say travel in the city broadens the mind.
eg:-Snow ,rock and winds have disrupted travel in Shoemaker's Mountain !
Hence Present participle used as an adjective=travelling.

travel is a noun in the second statement.