问
我发现许多英语试题将 consider...as 判为错误。但在阅读中不时会遇到 consider...as 的用法,如何解释这种现象?
答
有的语法学家把 consider...as 斥为典型错误。例如,F. Crews 教授就曾说过:“When consider means regard, it shouldn't be followed by as: He considered me(as) his friend. The error is common because regard does take as.” (The Random House Handbook, New York, 1974, p.229) 许多国外考题持有这样的观点,例如日本浜松医大的英语试题就将“We consider him as the best candidate.”判为错句(《英语基本300题》,东京,p.75),但是这种用法,在英语文学作品、科技作品中俯拾即是。在 TOEFL 的试题中也不乏这种用法,例如: Science and the humanities can not be considered as rivals in education, but rather as friends working together toward the same objectives. (TOEFL) consider...as 这个格式也得到了语言学家们的普遍承认。
- They considered it beautiful. (GCE, p. 852)
- He was considered as a kind of god by the natives. (Practical English Usage, p. 155) R. Quirk 等人明确指出,如同 regard as, class as 一样,consider as 代表的是另一类介词动词,即后面跟的是介词宾语补足语,而不是介词宾语: We considered him 他们还进一步指出,下列各句中的任何一句我们都可以说或写: I consider her my friend. ~ I consider her as my friend. (CGEL, § 1.39)