詢問present perfect tense 問題

2014-10-23 3:27 pm
小弟做緊英文功課,有d現在完成式問題想問下

在2014年10月3日A公司在八點半成立,B公司在十點半成立,宜家我講"B and A Companies has been established." 有無問題。

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2014-10-23 6:37 pm
✔ 最佳答案
用perfect tense (無論是present或是past的perfect tense)都要注意它是表達相對時間性的剛剛/剛才發生的事。

這兩間公司在月初成立...今天(10月23日)怎樣講/寫也不會用perfect tense講它們的成立時間,更何況你的句子連日期也欠奉,做句結構就是不完整意義。你要先考慮句子要表達的內容,然後選用合商的詞彙和時態文法來表達。

要講這兩間公司"已經"成立了
Company A and Company B was establish earlier this month.

注意英文寫一間公司可以有兩種寫法:
abc company或company abc
前者是公司的註冊名稱,後者是你只知那公司叫abc而company是表示abc這名字是指一間公司名。

A Company has been established.只是一句無意義的句子,因為如上說用perfect tense是想講出事件的相對時間性跟某些事的關係,單單這句而沒有相應的另一件事的關係,就算事件的事實是這公司是在今天上午成立你這句也是差的句子...最少也要加上A Company has been established this morning...。
2014-10-24 5:17 pm
Present perfect tense denotes present results of past actions. Note that the words: for and since are used.Applying "since" when we refer to a point of time in the past. Applying "for" when we refer to a period of time.
Company A has been established.
Company B has been established.

Company A has been established since 8:30 am on Oct.3,2014.
Company B has been established since 10:30 am on Oct.3,2014 for a period of time of (10:30-8:30=02:00) hrs.later.
Hence:-B&A Companies have been established for a difference of 2 hrs. come between A&B in period of time.(Sentence okay !)
established=to start an organization etc. that is meant to last for a long time.
2014-10-24 9:34 am
"Company A and Company B was establish earlier this month." ~ 這句子是錯

首先:
establish 是 verb in the base form, 不是 adjective, 應該用 established (past participle)

其次
Company A and Company B 是 compound subject
compound subject 是用 plural verb, 不是用 was, 是用 were

2014-10-24 02:14:07 補充:
To "Be Patient"

你說這句 "B and A Companies has been established." 無問題
我認為大有問題
Companies 是 plural, 怎會用 has?
"has been established." 是 present perfect, in passive voice
怎會變出 past perfect?
假設 singular subject, 無其他 adverb, or adverbial phrase/clause
不會用 present./psst perfect

2014-10-24 07:54:00 補充:
Jenkin 說得對
Company A has been established. ~ 是無意義
"Company A" 是 singular subject, 這句無其他 adverbial
公司成立了 20 天, 不用 present perfect

相反地, Company A has not been established. ~ OK
Company A 直到現在未成立

2014-10-24 09:02:56 補充:
When we arrived at the station, the bus had left.
I had to study hard in the library yesterday afternoon because I failed my last test.

He was born in Africa and he didn't go to school until he was ten.
不寫 "He had been born in Africa ..... "
當兩事件發生, 時間上順理 in sequence, 先發生的事不用 past perfect

2014-10-25 00:38:43 補充:
To TOMING88:

I’m afraid that you still keep on committing a series of blunders on "tense".

“B&A Companies have been established for a difference of 2 hrs.” ~ WRONG

希望其他的人改正, I talk too much.
無問題!You are right!You can see the past prefect tense and know more about this tense!

Past Perfect Tense (過去完成式)

當我們想表達一個比 Simple Past Tense 更早發生的動作時,就會用上 Past Perfect Tense 或 Past Perfect Continuous Tense,現在先說 Past Perfect Tense。
這個 Past Perfect Tense 與 Present Perfect Tense 雖然名字很相似,但是用法卻有一點兒不同。Past Perfect Tense 不需要像 Present Perfect Tense 般注意什麼 "有沒有準確時間",只要在相比下較 Simple Past Tense 早,便可以交給它去辦了。

E.g.:We were there at 9:00 a.m., but the bus had gone.
E.g.:I studied hard in library yesterday afternoon, because I had got a very bad result. If I don't work hard now, I will fail again.

為了加深概念,我們再看多兩個例子吧:
E.g.:He had left ten minutes ago.
E.g.:He left ten minutes ago.

這兩個例子,其中一個是錯誤的,你知道是哪個嗎?如果單從中文翻譯:"他十分鐘前已經走了",好像是第一句比較正確,十分鐘前嘛!你認為呢?
其實我這般地問,答案當然不是啦~

這是一個對 Tenses 不熟識的考生常犯的錯誤,如果你對 Tenses 已經很有信心,請耐心地再聽多次吧,因為我喜歡 "有殺錯,冇放過…"。還記得之前我們說過,Past Perfect Tense 是一個動作比 Simple Past Tense 還要早時便可用得著嗎?因此如果要用 Past Perfect Tense,先決條件就是要有比較,那麼你應該有一個問題了:從上面的例子中,不是已經有了比較嗎?"十分鐘" 嘛!…

但其實這比較並不是 Verb to Noun, Verb to Preposition…etc(i.e. 不是與詞意相比),而是與 動詞 相比。再再再再簡單點來說,就是用 Past Perfect 之前,必須有一個 Simple Past Tense 作為其比較對象。

相反地,如果我們 "包咬頸",一定要用 "Ten minutes ago" 作比較!那麼問題便會發生了。因為單單一個時間副詞:"Ago, Before…etc"並不代表比某個時間前,反之,從以上例子中,我們應該把整件事視為一個 Simple Past Tense。因 "Ten minutes ago" 是過去了,"Twenty minutes ago" 又是過去了,在沒有 動詞 比較之下,又怎能斷定是不是比 Simple Past Tense 早呢?想一想是不是?所以並不需要畫蛇添足。


好了,一些基本理論講完之後,便來一點用法上面要注意的地方吧。


1. 當一個動作於另一個動作後 "隨即發生",我們就會兩個動作都同時用 Simple Past Tense,以表達它們迫切性。不過,這一個用法一般都較少人會注意。

E.g.:When the thief saw the policeman, he ran away.


2. 當一句 clause 以 "Before, After, Until…etc" 這些 Conjunction(連接詞)作開頭時,我們就可以用 Past Perfect Tense 或 Simple Past Tense,隨你喜歡。

E.g.:After she took/had taken a shower, she started to do her homework.


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