英語可說tastetobe嗎？
英語可說taste to be嗎? 請看下面的考題：The boy said that the fish his mother cooked tasted _________.A. good B. well C. to be good D. to be well【分析】按英語語法，連繫動詞後通常接形容詞作表語，而不接副詞，據此可以排除選項B和D。但到底是應選A還是C呢？許多同學憑感覺認爲 taste to be good 似乎很通順，於是選了C。但是，錯了，正確答案應是A。原因是用作連繫動詞的 taste 後習慣上不接to be。如：這棵樹上的蘋果味道很好。正：The apples from this tree taste delicious. 誤：The apples from this tree taste to be delicious.類似地，feel, smell, sound 等連繫動詞後習慣上也不接不定式 to be。如： to be你的想法聽起來很好。正：Your idea sounds a good one.誤：Your idea sounds to be a good one.玫瑰發出香氣。正：Roses smell sweet.誤：Roses smell to be sweet.比較：seem, appear, prove, turn out, continue 等連繫動詞後可以接不定式 to be，也可省略 to be。如：。如：She seems (to be) a little tired. 她似乎有點累。He appears (to be) quite young. 他顯得年輕。The examination turned out (to be) quite easy. 結果考試相當容易。The weather continued (to be ) fine. 天氣仍然很好。注：用作連繫動詞的 look 後能否接 to be，各語法家意見不一：有的認爲可接to be，有的認爲不能接 to be。爲此，建議同學們以不接 to be 爲宜。
