在coca看到这个表达:which information to destroy; which +不可数名词了;不知道是否规范?which规范用法可以接不可数名词吗?
我跟二位老师的看法不同。
凡是不可数名词,包括物质名词和抽象名词,不能跟 these, those 连用,同理也不能用which 修饰。逻辑表明:which 只能在可数名词中选择: “哪个、哪些”,不可能在不可数名词中选择。就是说,在句子中,these, those 都不能做不可数名词的主语、定语或表语。这时,应该使用单数的this 或 that。如果用 which,需要在不可数名词前加“量概念的名词”,使“选择” 的成分为“量化的可数名词”。例如:
which piece of information (不能说:which information)
which cup of water(不能说:which water)
正误判断如下:
These are useful advice. (误)
These advice is useful to your study. (误)
All my advice is these. (误)
This is useful advice. (正)
This advice is useful to your study. (正)
All my advice is this. (正)
Which advice would you like to take? (误)
Which piece of advice would you like to take? (正)
黎老师这个句子:Which time suits you better —— 12.30 or one o'clock ?
哪个时间你更方便 —— 12点半还是1点? (摘自《剑桥高阶英汉双解词典》p.2565)
这个句子本身非常正确。错在引用失误。
本句,time 指具体的“钟点”——12.30 or one o'clock,不是物质名词time。
我注意到,网友给我的留言中,是这样写的:
但是在COCA语库找到一句话:You give the owners of the area orders about which information to destroy. Which +information 不可数
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