導讀詞序重要嗎？英語句子中的語序是很重要的。詞序的變化通常會導致意思的變化。許多其他語言如德語、法語使用詞形變化來表示句子各部分的功能。英語的這種變化很少，所以....

詞序重要嗎？

英語句子中的語序是很重要的。 詞序的變化通常會導致意思的變化。 許多其他語言如德語、法語使用詞形變化來表示句子各部分的功能。 英語的這種變化很少，所以一個詞在句子中所占的位置，它的句法，是最重要的特征。 簡單句是那些只有一個子句的句子，并且有一個正常的語序，這取決于句子是否為:

• 陳述句

I saw you at the theatre on Saturday night.

I didn’t see you at the theatre on Saturday night.

• 疑問句

Did I see you at the theatre on Saturday night?

Didn’t I see you at the theatre on Saturday night?

• 祈使句.

You should buy a ticket now.

You shouldn’t buy a ticket yet.

Buy a ticket now.

Don’t buy a ticket now.

語序也根據句子是否定的還是肯定的而變化。

詞序顛倒會改變句意

Most sentences have a subject, and then something that is said about the subject, which is usually the rest of the sentence. This divides the sentence into the subject and the predicate.

大多數句子都有一個主語，然后是關于主語的一些描述（主語是謂語），這通常是句子的其余部分。 這就把句子分成了主語和謂語。 John (主語) bought the tickets on Saturday (謂語).

The wall (主語t) was torn down (謂語).

My elderly mother (主語) is rather deaf (表語).

大多數句子都是按照這個順序排列的。 這是中性語序。 當這個中性順序改變時，句子的意思也會改變。

The cat killed the dog.

The dog killed the cat.

The child watched the rabbit.

The rabbit watched the child.

改變詞序可以強調該詞，引起讀者注意

當我們想讓讀者或聽者的注意力集中在一個特定的單詞或短語上時，我們可以使用中性順序的變化，例如把主語放在最后，把從句分成兩部分，或重復句子的某些部分。 中性詞語序的主題變化。

We used to call him ‘Fuzzy’.

‘Fuzzy’, we used to call him.

Didn’t we use to call him ‘Fuzzy’?

‘Fuzzy’ was what we used to call him.

It was ‘Fuzzy’ we used to call him.

否定句的詞序

在否定句中，主語和賓語的基本語序與肯定句相同。

John has gone to school.

John has not gone to school.

區別在于否定句必須包含not，也必須有作為動詞短語的一部分的助動詞:

• 主要的助動詞

She had not arrived in time for lunch.

Kate is not working this evening.

Tim was not reading your diary.

• 情態動詞

I warn you, he may not want to come.

Ailsa could not see the road clearly.

• Be動詞作為主要形式.

That is not my book.

not一詞直接加在這些助動詞的第一個后面。 主動詞接在后面。 詞序是，

主語 助動詞 not 實意動詞.

否定句可以包含一個情態動詞和一個或多個助動詞。

I may not have gone by the time you arrive.

They could not have seen her – they were asleep in bed.

They should not have been playing in the road.

這種情況的詞序是：

主語 情態動詞 not 主助動詞 實義動詞.

如果動詞短語中還沒有包含這些動詞，那么就需要加上支持助動詞do。 主要動詞的一般現在時和一般過去時采用do的適當形式，然后加上not，后跟主要動詞的基本形式。

He runs.

He does not run.

He ran.

He did not run

.Lynn does not work overtime now.

The bus service did not run on Sundays.

• not的縮寫形式是n t，可以用在除am以外的每一個助動詞后面。 這是最常見的口語形式。

He doesn’t run.

He didn’t run.

Lynn doesn’t work on Sundays

.She hasn’t been to work all week.

He isn’t going to come after all.

Bill went swimming but Ann didn’t fancy it.

在寫作中，帶not的完整形式更多地使用。 Can not通常寫成cannot。

She can’t come.

She cannot come.

• 其他具有否定意義的單詞，never, hardly, hardly, rarely，不改變語句中單詞的順序

She doesn’t buy Vogue.

She never buys Vogue.

He barely earns enough to live on.

I hardly think that is going to put them off.