A:這句不合語法,請看下面的說明。大家都知道,副詞可以修飾動詞、形容詞和副詞,但其實副詞也可以修飾名詞,其中最常見和最典型的是 especially:
- Married men and women, especially men, are likely to live longer than those who are not married. (結婚者 — 尤其是男性 — 的壽命可能比不結婚者來得長)
在上句中,副詞 especially 修飾名詞 men。然而,especially 卻不能用在句首來修飾名詞,所以問題中的句子不對。但若改成下句就對了:
- Men, especially, have this problem. (尤其是男性都有這種問題)
順便一提的是,also 也不能用在句首修飾名詞:
- Also men have this problem. (誤)
- Men also have this problem. (正)
但這並不表示 also 不能放在句首,如果它的後面接個逗點就可以了。不過,此時它的意思相當於 furthermore (而且;再者):
- Also, most women would agree.
= Furthermore, most women would agree.