P.3 English, pls help

minniemouse

Fill in the blanks with the most sutiable words. (at/on/to/under/with/for/by/in/out)

A: Can you play with me?

B: No, I can't. Climb _____ to the chair and look out of the window. My mother is comling.

Which is one the most sutiable word? Why?

Thanks

[ 本文章最後由 minniemouse 於 07-11-28 20:18 編輯 ]

星級國民

原文章由 awah112 於 07-12-3 21:30 發表
外國年齡細既小朋友會講"Can you play with me?"

並非中國人專利，所以唔應該歸類為Chinglish.

是不是中國人專利倒未研究過.

年幼就什麼怪語言都會有, Winnie the Pooh將蜜糖寫成hunny有何不可?

但小學三年級就應該教正正經經的英語, 不要再用幼童的語言.

ChiChiPaPa

原文章由 awah112 於 07-12-3 21:30 發表
外國年齡細既小朋友會講"Can you play with me?"

並非中國人專利，所以唔應該歸類為Chinglish.

係呀！如果講"Would you join me for a game?"，會唔會老積了一點。我覺得係大一點的孩子講。

不過，我都同意大人不可以亂講 "Can you play with me?"，如果唔係，好易惹人誤會。

星級國民

The Sesame Street video seems to use "play with me" in the context of playing music (i.e. performing a musical piece). It has the meaning of "following me in a song" rather than having fun together.

Thanks for posting the Wiki information. At least you are a responsible parent who would search for information. It is much better than allowing ignorance to breed contempt.

ChiChiPaPa

From Wikipedia

The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

As its name implies, the dictionary is intended not for linguistic scholars but for non-native speakers who want information about the meaning of current English words and phrases. It is the largest English language dictionary published by OUP aimed at a non-native audience.

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language.

Also from Wikipedia

Play with Me Sesame is a children's television series spun-off Sesame Street.

"Play With Me" is also featured in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s as the final track, albeit in a faster pace than the original recording.

[ 本文章最後由 ChiChiPaPa 於 07-12-3 20:28 編輯 ]

星級國民

I see. You do not even bother to check google (or even wikipedia) the two dictionaries I quoted.

If you did, you would recognised that both claim to have cover the COMMON meanings. You would know the kind of research that goes behind such a claim.

原文章由 christf 於 07-12-3 18:53 發表
You really don't have a logical sense.  Do your dictionaries tell you that what they have listed down are the only usages or meanings?

If you have read enough books, you will see many examples of usi ...

[ 本文章最後由 星級國民 於 07-12-3 22:08 編輯 ]

星級國民

Language is about common accepted usage. If both highly respectable dictionaries list that as the only meaning, I would definitely logically recommend parents not to teach kids to use such phrases when they do not intend to carry the listed meaning.

BTW, have you googled OED and learn a bit more about dictionaries. You may also google COBUILD or "Bank of English" to see how we determine usage and meaning in context.

原文章由 christf 於 07-12-3 18:44 發表
Have a logical sense, please !

The dictionaries you use may not completely list out all the various usage of a word.  I am not saying the thing you quoted are wrong but just tell you that one of the  ...

星級國民

原文章由 christf 於 07-12-3 18:34 發表
For The Advanced Learner, it gives out 18 different usages of "play" as a verb, 2 different usages of "play" as PHR V and 7 different usages of "play" as  a noun.  It almost has two whole pages descri ...

Google "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary" or "The Oxford English Dictionary" or even OED, than you will know what is authority in the English language.

星級國民

It is not one of various ways. The only item in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary (which is the full Oxford Dictionary without the quotes from literature) that links the two words "play with" together is in that quote.

[If you do not consider the full Oxford Dictionary as authority, what is?]

The COBUILD dictionary is based on the Bank of English database and lists all the most common usages from both British and American sources. It also only carries that item with the pattern "play with".

I wish you luck if your kid(s) learn such a kind of English based just on simple definitions.

[ 本文章最後由 星級國民 於 07-12-3 18:36 編輯 ]

星級國民

原文章由 christf 於 07-12-3 17:34 發表
星級國民 insisted that:

"lay with me" is also a very odd phrase. One play with toys, matches(fire risk!), plasticine etc, which are usually objects rather than a person.

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Yes, I do insist. If you would like dictionaries as authority, I see nothing in Advanced Learner to suggest proper usage of "play with". Let us refer to some more authoritative source.

The New Shorter Oxford Dictionary V2, p 2245. Under the head word "play" as verb (meaning 13)

13 v.i. follow by with, amuse oneself with, sport with, touch or finger lightly by the way of amusement, treat or do lightly or frivolously, trifle or toy with, colloq. masturbate.

Or using a dictionary good for its usage in context, the Collins COBUILD dictionary explains on P. 1259

(6) If you play with an object or with your hair, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers, perhaps because you are bored or nervous. [pattern v with n].

I trust those trustworthly dictionaries.

[ 本文章最後由 星級國民 於 07-12-3 18:11 編輯 ]

麟媽媽

其實....香港地上堂跟課程教之嘛，
小三，教緊"Can"咪用can 囉，
上到小四，好似我仔咁，
教埋Shall/Will/Should/Would，
佢又未必再用"Can"喇，係咪？
英文as a second language，
細路學，咪一步一步黎囉。