阿姐問,以下這句有甚麼錯:
Let's talk about it the other day.
栗子妹左看右看,都覺得沒問題。可是一翻字典,便發現 the other day 是習語 (idiom),解作「最近」,例如:
I saw David the other day. (我最近碰見大衛。)
因此,上句應改為:
Let's talk about it another day.
(另有一位博客提議說 Let's talk about it some other day.)
唉,讀書少,便會在這些細節上出問題……
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