Mom與mom、Mother與mother,居然也有這麼大區別!?

2021-01-17 最英國


我們在英文中時常可以看到『Mom』與『mom』、『Mother』與『mother』、『Father』與『father』等，有時甚至大小寫都出現在同一文中。


那麼對於這樣的詞彙，該怎樣區別大小寫呢？


簡單地說：如果這個詞用來取代該人的名字，或者是名字的一部分，那麼你應該大寫；否則小寫。

下面看幾個例子：


I had dinner with Uncle Bill.

【Uncle是名字的一部分】


I had dinner with my uncle.

【my等代詞說明並非特指某個親戚】


I went to the store with Mother.

【這裡是具體指作者的母親，等於代替了她的名字；換成母親的名字句子也一樣成立】


I went to the store with my mother.

【這裡是不特指的普通名詞；如果換成母親的名字，則句子不成立】


I spoke with Dad last night.

I spoke with my dad last night.

Father is really nice.

My father is really nice.


也可以說，如果前面有所有格代詞，例如my、his、our等，那麼後面的親戚關係名詞不需要大寫。類似mother大寫的目的是表達尊敬，所以主要用於晚輩對長輩；在同輩或晚輩方面，不一定需要大寫。


下面是兩個例子：

Hi, Big Brother, what are you doing?

【這樣的大寫符合上訴規則，但並不自然，也不常見】


Dear Granddaughter, Congratulations on graduating from college.【這裡不是必須大寫，但大寫的情況很常見，也比較自然】


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為答謝支持並關注最英國的粉溼們，我們決定在每月的20號，選出近一個月被選為精選留言最多的讀者，送出來自倫敦塔橋的明信片。

趕快點擊文末的「寫留言」，讓我們聽見你的聲音。

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