[分享] He is Chinese.

楼主: promulgate (glean)   2016-06-28 12:59:24
我是五年级的老人,以前国中时,很流行考一种文法题
He is ___________.
(A) Chinese (B) a Chinese
杨荣一和其他参考书公布的答案都是B.
考上了建中,高二的英文老师据说是师大英语系第一名毕业,
他上课时主动提起这题,说A也对。
最近听到外国人说A才对,B很罕见,不能算是对的选项。
Wiktionary usage note:
As with all nouns formed from -ese, the countable singular form ("I am a
Chinese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect, although it is rather
frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonyms written 中国人 in
Chinese characters or Japanese kanji.
作者: liza (如此)   2016-06-28 15:30:00
Chinese 本来就是集合名词而且单复数同型 我记得这是国中文法 上高一衔接暑辅时会顺便补充其他类似的名词给学生复习 像是 fish 和 work
作者: street   2016-07-01 14:54:00
我隐约记得以前念书答A,但被改错,原来我是对的
作者: miraflower   2016-07-28 01:45:00
从以前学就是A耶!
作者: hanin0632 (ChristieYang)   2016-08-10 09:39:00
我也是学A

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