搜尋自 英語 {1} 教師……
Follow your HEART
1. Which is correct?
a. Buy it no matter what it is, good or bad.
b. Buy it no matter what it is good or bad.
2. Do you use these expressions?
a. Give this man a cigar!
b. Give them cigars!
c. Give this woman a cigar!
d. Give these employees cigars!
Thanks a lot!
2024年2月28日 13:16
解答 · 7
1
Can you please become my friend. I want to make a Korean friend
2024年2月28日
1
1a is correct, 1b is incorrect.
2a) was a catchphrase that was still being used as late as the 1950s, but isn't used any more.
I don't trust word origin stories, but the story is that cigars were once standard carnival prizes, and if (a man!) hit the target, the barker would should "Give this man a cigar!" Or, if he missed by a small amount, "Close, but no cigar!"
Sometimes OUT-OF-DATE slang or catchphrases are used as a kind of joke. Movie lines often become catchphrases. If an old catchphrase is used in the dialog of a new movie that can result in the old catchphrase being revived. But I don't think this has happened with "Give this man a cigar!"
You shouldn't modify a catchphrase or idiom. The phrase is "give this man a cigar" and 2b, 2c, or 2d would be possible, but strange. We can check this very quickly in a rough way with a web search. "Give this man a cigar" (with quotation marks in in the search query": 1,060,000 results. "Give this woman a cigar," 6.
2024年2月28日
Hi .
I want a Korean friend
Will you become my friend ?
2024年2月29日
Buy it no matter whether it's good or not.
2024年2月28日
Hi there
My thoughts on 1.
A comma is used after an introductory phrase to tell the reader that the introductory clause has come to and end and the main part of the sentence is about to begin.
It applies to this sentence because you can swap things around without affecting its meaning.
Good or bad,.....
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
Nicci
2024年2月28日
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