问
These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those ones are not. (TOEFL)
试题要求将 those ones 改为 those。难道绝对不可以说 those ones 吗?
答
在美国英语中,一般不说 these ones, those ones, 而只说 these, those。但是,在英国英语中有时也能见到 these ones, those ones 的用法,见 ones 。但是,当 ones 之前有定语时,则无论在美国英语或英国英语中 ones 都是绝不可省略的:
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“May I help you with some shoes, sir?” “Yes, I’d like to try on those brown ones.” (TOEFL) “先生,我可以帮你选一些鞋吗?” “可以,我想试一试那双褐色的”。
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Do you prefer these designs or those (more formal than those ones)? (ALD) 你喜欢这些图样还是那些图样?