P3 English Question - Please help

hhma

What is the difference between "in front of" & "at the front of"?  Thanks!

kitty仔

hhma
hope the flwgs can help you (extracted from the 'Practical English Usage' by Oxford):

There was a fabulous boy in front of me in the cinema queue
在電影院前的長龍中有一個很好的男孩子在我前面
---很簡單的'有個男孩在我前面', 指用於第一身ie me, you, us.....

Who's that boy at the front of the queue?
在隊伍前頭的男孩是誰?
---這次強調的"位置"是"在隊伍前頭"，指用於事物

  

io

hhma 寫道:
What is the difference between "in front of" & "at the front of"?  Thanks!

hi hhma
白話d黎講即係'in front of'就係成樣野ga前面eg.圖書館響音樂室前面,而'at the front of'就係響個樣野裏面ga前面個部份eg.某個學生坐響課室裏ga前面
希望講白d可以幫到你

kitty仔

hhma
I extract more from the said 'Oxford' reference guide (page 217):

<<
典型的錯誤：There's a nice little cafe in front of our house.
談及在街道，河流，房間等對面的事物時我們不用in front of.  通常使用的語詞是opposite或facing.
---There's a nice little cafe opposite our house.在我們房子對面有一家小的咖啡館.

注意 in front of 與 in/at the front of　的區別.
---I always prefer to travel in the front of the car.
    我旅行總是喜歡坐在車子的前面
---Who's that boy at the front of the queue?
    在隊伍前頭的男孩是誰?
>>

前提的'Oxford' 係一本不錯的reference guide.  內容解釋詳盡，值得參考．

hhma

tks all...

i think i need to buy the "oxford" book la.

io

kitty仔 寫道:
hhma
I extract more from the said 'Oxford' reference guide (page 217):

<<
典型的錯誤：There's a nice little cafe in front of our house.
談及在街道，河流，房間等對面的事物時我們不用in front of.  通常使用的語詞是opposite或facing.
---There's a nice little cafe opposite our house.在我們房子對面有一家小的咖啡館.

注意 in front of 與 in/at the front of　的區別.
---I always prefer to travel in the front of the car.
    我旅行總是喜歡坐在車子的前面
---Who's that boy at the front of the queue?
    在隊伍前頭的男孩是誰?
>>

前提的'Oxford' 係一本不錯的reference guide.  內容解釋詳盡，值得參考．

            

yiuyiu2000

Hi kitty仔,

請問'Oxford' reference guide一書, 有沒有中文註解?

kitty仔

hi yiuyiu2000

唔好意思，兩天冇入嚟，依家才答你
'Practical English Usage (英語用法指南)' 是一本中英對照的參考書，有很多比較容易混淆的字句的註解，eg hear & listen to, all & whole, allow & permit.......   

yiuyiu2000

Hi kitty仔,

唔該晒!! 可否再講下個書名及出版社?
我要買本來睇下, 希望將來可以教到我囡囡. 佢就來讀小一啦.

kitty仔

hi yiuyiu2000

唔駛客氣．
書名：Practical English Usage　英語用法指南
作者：Michael Swan
翻譯者：謝國平
出版社：牛津大學出版社（香港）
　　　　
此書是我hb於8-9年前買的（學術專業圖書中心-A&)，不知有沒有再版，而我地都打算留給小朋友將來讀書用的

yiuyiu2000

Hi Kitty仔,

Thanks a lot.

我會去買ga lar.

小小bb

這本書最少有20年了歷史, 好好用