I came here by the local bus.
有人告诉我这个句子有错误,不知错在何处?
当笼统地指交通工具时,可以使用 by,并且表示交通工具的名词前不用冠词,例如 by train(乘火车),by bus(乘公共汽车),by car(乘小汽车),by ship(乘船),by bike(骑自行车)等等。但是,当指某个具体的交通工具时,则通常不使用介词 by,而且表示交通工具的名词之前要使用冠词:
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I saw him on the bus. 我在公共汽车上看到了他。
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[Barbary was working at the Slade, ] where she went daily in a bus. ……她每天乘公共汽车去那里。
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Next day I was off to Birmingham in a train. 第二天我乘火车去伯明翰。
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You won't go far on that old bike. 你骑那辆旧自行车是走不远的。
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We only managed to get there in time by begging a lift in a neighbour's car. 我们只因为搭乘了邻居的汽车才及时赶到了那里。
但是,当指某个具体的交通工具时,并不是绝对地不可使用 by,而且,在使用 by 时,如果名词之前无修饰语的话,也不一定非省略冠词不可。如果表示交通工具的名词之前有修饰语的话,则冠词是不可缺少的。例如:
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My friend and I returned to town by the midnight express train. (Doyle) (注意介词 by 与具体的交通工具连用) 我和我的朋友乘午夜的快车回到了城里。
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It's easier to go to town by the bus (rather than by the train). (CGEL) (注意介词 by 之后用了定冠词) 乘公共汽车(而不是乘火车)进城比较方便。
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by the last bus/by the 2 o'clock bus (CGEL) (注意具体的交通工具与 by 连用) 乘最后一班公共汽车/乘两点的公共汽车
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Father and son went to New York by a morning train. (Sinclair) 爸爸和儿子乘早晨的一趟火车去了纽约。
请做下面的英语试题:
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We're going to go ____ car. A. in France in John's B. in France by John's C. to France in John's D. to France by John's(Nelson)
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Because of the storm and rough waves, it would be foolish to go out sailing today in a small ____. A. automobile B. house C. boat D. beast(Michigan)