在阅读过程中，遇到这样的句子:The vast majority of students didn’t
make it past two minutes without texting or checking social media.后来查字典又看到这样的例句:In those heels, you won't make it past
the driveway. 我的问题是：这里的 past two minutes 和
past the ...
...ely so far. I hope it will continue同样地，第五版Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(以下简称LDOCE5) 在until词条下的Grammar板块中，对until now和 so far做了如下比较：Until now is usually used to say that a situation has just ended or changed:▪ Until now I had no ...
...ve has a subject relationship with the infinitive. Time is not the subject of stay.）按Swan的这一逻辑，就无法解释下面的例句：It
was the first opportunity for the
second-term congressman and former television producer to address a national political convention.（LDOCE-Example Bank...
...school 的解释： (in the US) a school for young people between the
ages of 12 and 14 (美国)初级中学（供12至14岁的年轻人就读的学校）《朗文当代高级英语辞典》对 junior
high school 的解释：a school in the US and Canada for children aged
between 12 and 14 or15 初...
... your fault. 我并不是说这个事故是你的错。Others suggest that
they two will be equals. 其他人认为他们俩将是势均力敌。注意，除suggest外，advise, propose等在表示“建议”时，若后接宾语从句，从句也应使用“should+动词原形”这样的虚拟语...
...认为这是动态动词转意为静态动词。 3 时间状语（adjunct
of temporal location）时间状语可以表示一个状态持续过程中的一个点，但却不可以表示一个非进行体的事件持续过程中的一个点。When he left she was still at her desk. (状态)他离开...
...一样，省略the也是很正常的。例如：He was elected (the) head of the department.（3）在各种评奖中，例如最佳男演员、最佳男主角等，也往往省略冠词。例如：Jeff Bridges took the award for best actor
in a drama. 杰夫·布里奇斯在戏剧中获得最佳男...
...：If aspirin will ease my headache, I will take a couple tonight instead of this horrible medicine. 这个说法在一般的语法书都没有涉及。 总之，对国内的英语学习者而言，我们学英语应该从国内出版的严肃教材为切入点，循序渐进，然后...
...，与学校的“教学”“办学”有关联）Her father is a school caretaker.→正：He is now at school.（针对学校门卫，与学校的“教学”“办学”有关联）A taxi-driver has taken me to my school.→误：He is now at school.（针对司机，与学校的“教学”“...
...的复数形式。例如：The audience was / were enjoying every minute of the show.Our planning committee has / have considered your request.值得一提的是，中国著名学者周海中先生在1983年发表的《美国英语与英国英语在语法方面的一些差异》一文中指出：美...