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‘Few’ or ‘A few’??
以下句子的意思有何分別？ A. There were few people in the park today. B. There were a few people in the park today. 其實‘few’是’只有很少‘的意思，包含了’太少‘或’不足夠‘的個人意見。 至於’a few’,則純屬客觀的陳述，是‘有幾個’的意思，不包括任何個人想法或感受。 e.g. I have few friends in Singapore. Not sure if I can survive if I move there. 我在新加坡沒多少朋友。如果我要往那邊居住的话，真不知道能否撐得住了。 e.g. I have a few friends in Singapore. Maybe I can try to contact…
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Rain Idioms
今天我們就來學學跟 有關的片語吧！ it never rains but it pours 禍不單行 e.g. I forgot to bring my wallet this morning and then my car broke down on my way home. It never rains but it pours. (今早我忘了帶錢包，然後回家途中我的車子又壞了，真是禍不單行。) rain on somebody’s parade 掃別人的興、煞風景 e.g. I definitely won’t tell my mum about my good result, as she always rains…
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Common errors
What a breathtaking scenery! 以上的句子錯在哪裏？ ‘Scenery’ 是不可數名詞，所以我們不可以用‘a’ 啊！ What a breathtaking scenery! What breathtaking scenery! 多壯麗的景色啊！ My closet is always in a chaos. My closet is always in chaos. 我的貯物櫃經常也一片混亂。 It was such a hard work that I decided to fire my boss. It was such hard work that I decided to fire my boss.…
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