fine _?_ me
"好丫" 英文怎講, Fine _?_ me.
在email裡, 曾經fine with me, fine for me甚麼的也寫過. 今天終於知道答案, 原來是 fine *by* me. 太好了.
OALD, fine :
adj. (finer, finest)
3 (also used as an exclamation) used to tell sb that an action, a suggestion or a decision is acceptable: `I'll leave this here, OK?' `Fine.' `Bob wants to know if he can come too.' `That's fine by me.'
3 Comments:
::
laichungleung (17.06.06, 00:50
) sagt...
Just when you think you have it figured out, it's my obligation to confuse you again.
In Nov 2003, Billy posted the same question here . Take a look, it's only a few threads.
Years ago, I had the same question. I asked a native English speaker (she's not British though) and her answer was it should be "fine with me."
I don't have Oxford University Press to back me up, but I think "fine with me" is totally acceptable.
Further research pending.
::
sf (18.06.06, 01:32
) sagt...
LCL, fine with me.
thank you for the note. it is good that we have choices. the most important thing is knowing how to say it.
::
laichungleung (19.06.06, 22:31
) sagt...
You are welcome.
I asked another native speaker here, and his answer is he would use "fine with me."
Seems to me "fine with me" is more acceptable here in New York.
But I kind of got the feeling you are a British kind of guy and since OUP uses "Fine by me" as an example so I guess "fine by me" may just be more acceptable across the pond.
My sample size is awfully small to be statistically significant. Anyway, grammatical thing shouldn't be based on statistics I guess.
Language is a living and changing thing ... my usuall excuse to mess up.
Happy blogging.
:: Kommentar veröffentlichen
(留言請留名, 謝!)
<< Home