今日の英語教育において検証していかなければいけない文法が多々ある。そのうちのひとつが固有名詞の普通名詞化現象だ。固有名詞はそれ自体で特定された名詞で関係代名詞の範囲では制限用法の先行詞として用いることはできない。 *Mr. White who I saw yesterday played tennis ...
Do Japanese schools have too many rules? What school rules bothered you the most when you were in junior high school and high school? Should school rules in Japan be kept the way they are? I want to say that there are not just too many rules, but also ones t...
Today there are many kinds of vehicles such as cars, buses, trains, and airplanes. People use these machines to go to their offices, get the schools and enjoy their trip. I think there are two choices of the way you get somewhere; the choices are driving your ...
英語では、「寄付」「供給」「贈呈」など、授与を表す個々の出来事を抽象化し、それを授与事象と呼ぶ。授与事象と結び付く動詞の例としてgiveを挙げることができる。 (1)a. John gave a book to Mary. b. John gave Mary a book. 英語では、(1a)のような第3文型に当たる...
Daughter These four characters, written downwards, are shown on the right side in the 'stiff' form, which approximates the printed form, and which is the one learnt at school .The middle column shows the same characters in cursive 'running' style, which is sli...