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Errors in the Use of Auxiliary Verbs

能愿动词的误用

   能

  can,may

 

  Example:

  Wrong:谢力,我用你的自行车吗?

  Right:谢力,我能(可以)用你的自行车吗?

  This sentence of asking the other side for permission laks a word expressing permission.one should add“能”or“可以”before the verb.

 

  Example:

  Wrong:请你把你的词典借我用用,能吗?

  Right:请你把你的词典借我用用,可以吗?

  “能”is never used at the end of a sentence asking for permis-sion.“可以”,“成”and“行”are the words often used.

 

  Example:

  Wrong:请问,这儿能不能吸烟?能

  Right:请问,这儿能不能吸烟?可以

  Both“能”and“可以”indicate permission.But they are differ-ent in that“可以”forms an answer independently.

 

  Example:

  Wrong:阿里在家吗?他现在不能在家。

  Right:阿里在家吗?他现在不会在家。

  Right:阿里在家吗?他现在不可能在家。

  “不能”denotes incapability while“不会”expresses objective impossibility.The proper substitute for“不能”may either be “不会”or“不可能”。

 

  Example:

  Wrong:你把这件衣服洗干净吗?我洗不干净。

  Right:你能把这件衣服洗干净吗?我洗不干净。

  From the follow-up sentence,we know that the speaker asks whether the person is able to wash the clothes.“能”should be added before the preposition“把”。

 

  Example:

  Wrong:旧的杂志可以能借吗?

  Right:旧的杂志可以(能)借吗?

  The co-existence of “可以”and“能”both used in asking for permission is an unnecessary repetition.The speaker has to choose between the two possibilities.

 

  Example:

  Wrong:你能去不去参观?

  Right:你能不能去参观?

  In an affirmative-negative question with an auxiliary verb such as“能”,it is the affirmative and negative forms of the auxiliary verb,rather than ang other sentence element,that are to be placed together.

 

  Example:

  Wrong:你把你的学习方法能不能给我门介绍一下儿?

  Right:你能不能把你的学习方法给我们介绍一下儿?

  In the把-sentence,the auxiliary verb always precedes “把”。It never appears after the prepositional phrase formed by 把。、

 

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