too在否定句式中的应用
(2012-08-10 11:41:49)
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too在否定句式中的应用
本文首发于上海外国语学院《英语自学》1990年第5期
一般语法书总是说,表达“也”这个概念时,too用于肯定句式之中。而either用于否定句式之中。例如:
1)I was in Germany last summer too.
2)“I’ve got an idea.”“Me too.”
3)He hasn’t read this book either.
4)It won’t do them any good, but it won’t do them any harm either.
too作“也”解时,是否在任何情况下都只用于肯定句式,而不用于否定句式之中?答案是:;亦不尽然!以下的两种情况便不能一概而论。
1.
5)You‘re not going with us, she too is not going with us.
6)If he does not buy anything, I, too, will not.
以上场合,too不能置于句末,如在句末,应以either取而代之。
2.
7)They have arrived already, but Miss White hasn’t yet arrived too.
8)I’m waiting here all the time, but they are not waiting, too.
综合上述两种情况,作一对比:
9a)He did not get up, and she too did not get up.
9b)He got up, but she did not get up too.
10a)I did not take the red one, and he, too, did not take it.
10b)I took a red one, but he did not take a red one, too.
以上,句9a)和句10a)中,too…not表示“也不”含义,而句9b)和句10b)中,not…too表示“不也”含义。