以104年指考英文考题 第20题为例:
I heard there are many monkeys in this mountain. But I didn’t see any of
them last time when I was here.
中文说“山里有许多猴子”、“山上有许多猴子”都可以,但英语习惯说 monkeys on
the mountain,而不是 *monkeys in the mountain。只要一查根据超过一千万本英文书
籍建立的语料库 Google Books Ngram Viewer (1800-2019) ,便可证实这点
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in the mountians
on the mountian
这是国中英语的程度,出题和审题的教授真的很有事!