almost not(no, never, nothing)
《学生英语疑难解析词典》(辽海出版社,p.34)说:“almost 只能用于肯定句,不能用于否定句。
我差一点就搭不上火车了。
(1) I almost couldn't catch the train. (误)
(2) I almost failed to catch the train. (正)"
almost 真的不能用于否定句吗?
在英语教学中不应当再强调 almost 不能用于否定句的说法,因为在英语原著中不时会见到 almost 用于否定句的实例,尤其是在美国英语中(参见 nearly):
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I almost didn't meet him. (CEEL) 我差点没见到他。(事实上见到了)
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I almost cannot answer your question. 我几乎不能回答你的问题。至于 almost 与 never, no, none, no-one, nothing 构成的否定句, 那就更常见了:
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I almost never see her. (LDCE) 我几乎总见不到她。
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There is almost no leadership at all. (CCEU) 几乎没有领导。
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The speaker said almost nothing (= scarcely anything) worth listening to. (ALD) 那位发言者说的话几乎没有一句是值得听的。
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...she has found almost nothing. (Jane Austen, Mansfield Park,1814) ……她几乎什么也没有找到。
请做下面的英语试题：
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He always goes to bed very late, so he ____ before 7 am. A. almost gets up never B. gets up nearly never C. almost never gets up D. never gets up nearly
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He was proud that he made ____ no mistakes in the test. A. nearly B. mostly C. hardly D. almost