语序:
所谓语序,就是词或句子排列的顺序。
1)形容词 / 副词的位置:
形容词 / 副词的一般语序是:
形容词 + 名词
副词 + 形容词或副词,例如:
Our country is a great country.
He speaks very fast.
当有多个形容词同时修饰一个名词时,其语序规则比较复杂,语法书上有详细说明,但不可能都一一记住。只要记住基本要点就可以了,即:越能说明被修饰名词性质的形容词越靠近那个名词,例如:他是中国一位年轻的作家。
一般的语序为:He is a young Chinese writer. 有时,这种语序主要是凭语感,没有多少道理可讲。
要特别注意以下情况的语序:
频度副词:放在be 动词后面,do动词前面,例如:
He is always late.
She never comes late.
不定代词:形容词要放在其后面,例如:
I have something interesting to tell you.
enough的位置:enough可以是形容词,居名词前,例如:
Lets hurry; we dont have enough time.
也可以是副词, 但是要放在被修饰的形容词或副词的后面,例如:
They were kind enough to let me in and have a shelter from the heavy rain.
Available, present等形容词一般放在名词后面,例如:
They began their experiment based on the data available.
It is such a beautiful scene.与It is so beautiful a scene.
是不同的语序,相同的意思。
注意:只有带冠词的结构才能这样改,例如:It is such awful weather. 就不能做以上更动。