作者dvlin (Dee)
看板ST-English
标题Re: [写作班] Aliengirl , Christmas
时间Fri Dec 28 00:42:59 2007
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1F：→ fizeau:Or it is only banned in composition competitions? 12/28 00:10
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2F：→ fizeau:I mean, what can add to the phrase "enjoy the holiday" 12/28 00:17
3F：→ fizeau:to confer a temporal sense 12/28 00:17
First of all, I want to clarify something. When I say "native speakers",
I would be refering to "traditional" native speakers. In my experience,
even about a half of all the native speakers I've met speak or write
terrible English. But English is a constantly changing language. What is
not commonly accepted usage now may become commonly accepted in a few years.
Let's go back on topic. I did not mean one is not allowed to say it, nor
is it "banned". Linguists don't write out every rule about every word,
so we have to rely on logic and sense to decide what's good and what's not.
The problem with "the whole holiday" in the original sentence is that
"holiday" is not commonly used in a "temporal" sense, so it's better to find
some other expression to get around it.
One can still use "the whole holiday" to refer to the embodiment of all
festivity and spirit around the holiday.
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4F：推 fizeau:In accordance with your "the embodiment of all festivit 12/28 00:46
5F：→ fizeau:and spirit around the holiday," hers has been justified 12/28 00:46
6F：→ fizeau:if she meant for an inward emotion 12/28 00:47
7F：→ dvlin:Whoa, now that I went back and read it again, I think 12/28 00:49
8F：→ dvlin:you're right! 12/28 00:49
9F：→ dvlin:I don't know why I got so tied up thinking she was using 12/28 00:49
10F：→ dvlin:it strictly in a temporal sense. 12/28 00:50
11F：推 fizeau:My honor thank you very much:) 12/28 00:50