Grammar
English and Chinese Grammar are Very Different
By Rowena Tam (露雲娜老師)
· 15 April 2023· 6 min read有些英文和中文的語法看來相似，實則往往不同。
例子：
- 我是一位老師 / I am a teacher；我不是一位老師 / I am not a teacher
- 我 10 時睡覺 / I sleep at 10 o'clock；我不是 10 時睡覺 / I do not sleep at 10 o'clock
如何正確地用 not 字？
not 不能直接與動詞連用，但可以與形容詞、名詞或副詞連用。
例子：我能夠游泳 / I can swim；我不能游泳 / I cannot swim
| 肯定句 | 否定句 |
|---|---|
| I swim every day. | I do not swim every day. |
| Jack swims every day. | Jack does not swim every day. |
| Peter swam yesterday. | Peter did not swim yesterday. |
| Sam is swimming now. | Sam is not swimming now. |
| Judy and Jay were swimming at 3 yesterday. | Judy and Jay were not swimming at 3 yesterday. |
| Jenny will go swimming tomorrow. | Jenny will not go swimming tomorrow. |
| Mary has swum for 3 hours. | Mary has not swum for 3 hours. |
| John had swum for 3 hours before he went home. | John had not swum for 3 hours before he went home. |
| Rose has a dog. | Rose does not have a dog. / Rose has not got a dog.（不能寫作 Rose has not a dog.） |