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长久以来一直有一些词序问题,搞不明白。往往是涉及否定或“只有”的。比如这两个: [复制链接]

发表于 2015-7-16 11:16 |显示全部楼层
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1. “我只知道他的姓氏。”是“I only know his surname.”还是“I know only his surname.”? 还是二者都可以?
2. 某事碰巧没有发生,比如,“Eusocial birds didn't happen to evolve.”还是“Eusocial birds happened not to evolve.”?还是二者都可以?

为什么?
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本帖最后由 acb 于 2015-7-17 11:36 编辑

1)  The two are acceptable. However, the 1st one is the best of all.
Subject   adverb + verb object
I     only          know him.
We  hardly/barely  knew the family.

2) Generally speaking, I won't use Negative Infinitive in any formal writings - when writing poems or drawing a comparison, I may do, so I'd say '... didn't happen to...'.
In terms of spoken English, some verbs like 'decide' go with 'Not To' perfectly well e.g.
  • Initially I thought ..., then I decided not to go.
  • She told me that ... and she asked me not to tell her husband.
  • Interestingly A birds happened to evolve; B birds happened not to ...

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