▲有网友曾问:英语是说probably won’t还是won’t probably?是说probably didn’t还是didn’t probably?换句说话,就是probably应放在否定词之前还是之后?对此答疑网的陈根花老师认为:副词 probably 与否定词连用时,习惯上是用于否定词之前,而不是用于其后。黎反修老师表示同意陈老师的观点,同时认为下面的句子是错误的:
This photograph won't probably enlarge well. 这张照片放大出来很可能效果不好。(席玉虎主编《英语常用词用法详解大词典》p.2410)
▲但我一个疑问:为什么不可以认为probably放在否定词之前或之后都可以呢?毕竟上面这个句子出自一本大词典,为什么断定它是错误的呢?有比较权威的书说过“副词 probably 与否定词连用时,习惯上是用于否定词之前,而不是用于其后”吗?
希望得到各位专家的进一步指导,谢谢!
陈老师:
查了一些语法著作,以下出处应该算是比较权威,供参考:
1.《英语在用——剑桥中级英语语法》第109节指出:
Note that probably goes before the negative. So we say:
I probably won’t see you. or I will probably not see you. (but not “I won’t probably.”)
2.《牛津英语语法指南》第25节指出:
We sometimes put an adverb after the subject and before the verb phrase. This happens especially with a negative (probably doesn’t) or when there is stress (really are).
It probably doesn’t matter very much.
3.《牛津实践语法》(第2版)第113节指出:
In a negative sentence, probably and certainly come before won’t, didn’t, etc.
We probably won’t get there in time.
I certainly didn’t expect a present!
黎老师:
外研社、建宏《英汉多功能词典》1997年1月第1版probably 词条的【用法】原文如下:
不紧接于 not 等否定词之后. Probably he won't come. = He probably won't come. = He won't come probably. 他大概不会来。(x He won't probably ...)