英語中,one、ones、that、those常用作代詞,指代前面出現(xiàn)過的名詞以避免重復(fù),確保句子的簡潔。這些詞的一些用法非常相似,下面就對它們的異同進行分類說明。
一 One、ones、that、those的類似用法
第一,one用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞單詞。例如:(1)——Do you have a car? ——Yes,I have one. I have a good one.(one=a car)(2)Yesterday I have lost my pen. I’m going to buy one after school.(one=a pen)(3)The story he told us was more interesing than the one we heard yesterday.(the one=the story)
第二,ones用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。例如:(1)——Do you want a toy?——Yes,I want new ones very much.(ones=toys)(2)Stone bridges last longer than wooden ones.(ones=bridges)(3)Teachers like the students working hard,especially the ones who are active in thinking.(the ones=the students)
第三,that用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞。例如:(1)The engine of your car is better than that of mine.(that=the engine)(2)The book you bought yesterday costs less than that I had bought before.(that=the book)
第四,those用來指代“同名異物”的可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。例如:(1)The houses of the rich are generally larger than those of the poor.(those=the houses)(2)The bikes made in China are as good as those made in USA.(those=the bikes)
二 One、ones、that、those的區(qū)別
第一,一般來講,one代表前面有不定冠詞的可數(shù)名詞單數(shù),that代表前面有定冠詞的可數(shù)名詞單數(shù);ones代表前面無定冠詞的可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)(前面總帶有形容詞作定語,不能單獨使用),those代表前面有定冠詞的可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。例如:(1)This is a point of idiom rather than one of grammar.(one=a point)(2)A cake made of wheat tastes better than one made of rice.(one=a cake)(3)I prefer the classroom with enough light rather than that with little light.(that=the classroom)(4)The school where my brother is studying is larger than that where I am studying.(that=the school)
第二,one或ones的定語既可以放在其前面,也可以放在其后面;that或those的定語只能放在其后面。例如:(1)He has got a new storybook,but I have got several old ones.(2)This book is one that is needed by everyone.
第三,如果在one或ones前面加上定冠詞the分別來代表可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù),定語又在其后,這時的the one或ones基本上可以分別與that或those互換。例如:(1)The singer from Shanghai sang better in the concert than the one/that from Beijing.(2)She likes the car of herself,not the one/that of her husband.
〔責任編輯:高照〕