圖解「不定代名詞」的限定與非限定用法
你對英文「不定代名詞」的用法知多少呢？
不定代名詞用來表示不特定的人事物，可以分為「範圍限定」和「範圍不限定」兩種用法喔！這也是許多人感到混淆困擾的部分😵 以下圖解懶人包教大家分辨他們的用法差異：
● one…the other
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在「限定範圍」內用來列舉總數為 2 ，表示「一個...剩餘的另一個....」
There are only two people at the bus stop. One is an old man; the other is a police officer.
公車站只有兩個人。其中一個是一位老人，另一個則是一位警察。
I'm going to take two tests today. One is math, and the other is English.
我今天有兩科考試，一科是數學，一科是英文。
● one…another
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在「沒有限定的範圍」內隨意列舉出兩個，意思為「一個...另一個...」
There are several books on the table. One is a dictionary; another is a picture book.
桌上有好幾本書。其中一本是字典；另一本是圖畫書。
Jim owns a lot of different hats. One is a black cap; another is a brown hat.
吉姆擁有很多頂帽子。其中一頂是黑色鴨舌帽，有另一頂是咖啡色的帽子。
I love many kinds of snacks. One is chocolate cake. Another is apple pie.
我喜愛多種點心。一種是巧克力蛋糕，另一種是蘋果派。
以下介紹用於數目較多時的複數不定代名詞
● some… others…
● some…others… still others…
用於「沒有限定範圍」的人或物，指「一些…另一些…（又有一些...）」，其中 others 等同於「other+複數名詞」。
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Some readers might be frustrated by this ending. Others will see it differently, though.
有些讀者或許會對這結局感到挫折。不過也有別的讀者會以不同角度看待它。
There are many kids in the park. Some are playing basketball. Others are playing soccer.
公園裡有許多孩童。有些在打籃球，有些在踢足球。
The MRT is full of passengers this morning; some are looking at their phones, others are sleeping, and still others are starting out the window.
今早的捷運裡充滿乘客，有些在看手機，有一些在睡覺，而還有一些看著窗外。
● some of … the others…
用於特定範圍的人或物，指「其中一些…，其餘…」，其中 the others 等同於 the rest，指的是特定範圍中剩餘的部分。
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My grandmother owns 5 cats. Some of them are friendly, but the others don't like strangers.
我的奶奶養了五隻貓。其中有幾隻很友善，但其餘的都不喜歡陌生人。
Some of the English papers I turned in this year received high scores, but the others I did poorly on.
今年我繳交的英文報告中有些得到了高分，但是其他的分數很差。
There's a group of students at the zoo today. Some of them look excited, others seem bored, and the others are taking pictures with their phones.
今天在動物園有一群學生。其中一些同學看起來很興奮，有些看起來很無聊，而剩下的都在用手機拍照。