问题描述

could you tell me where the library is at？这句话对吗？

老师答疑

黎老师：

     商务印书馆2014年9月第1版《英语词语用法详解词典》指出：“在现代英语中， where 可以与 from, to, at 等介词连用。” 所以 “Could you tell me where the library is at？”这句话是对的。当然，更常用的应该是：Could you tell me where the library is ？

曹老师：

末尾的at是多余的。去掉就对了。

Can you tell me where the library is?

查了一下词典。上句中用at是非常不正式的用法。考试应该避免。但在阅读中可能会遇到。属于非正式语体。因此不能算错。

陈老师：

(1)could you tell me where the library is at？这句话对吗？

强烈建议在正式英语考试中优先使用下面句子结构;

It is strongly suggested that the following sentence should be adopted in preference to the mention-above one because the first sentence is likely to be considered to be false or wrong.

(2) Could you tell me where the library is?