中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒257

[誤] The family go to the church at 9 o\'clock.

[正] The family goes to church at 9 o\'clock.

注：把全家人看做一個(gè)整體，即一家人，應(yīng)該接用單數(shù)動(dòng)詞。“去做禮拜”，英語(yǔ)應(yīng)說(shuō) go to church，如果加了冠詞說(shuō)成 go to the church，便不是去做禮拜，而只是去參觀禮拜堂的建筑。同樣“上學(xué)讀書”是 go to school，如說(shuō) go to the school，便是指校舍而言，與讀書無(wú)關(guān)。