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Can you explain why and how it is logically wrong? -- Anonymous - (390 Byte) 2003-3-22 周六, 上午3:23 (56 reads) |
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作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
A scenario as an example:
I said to my wife:
"Your love means my whole life, Honey."
(你的爱意味着我整个生命。)
Being pleased by my words, my wife wanted to hear it again,
she asked: "WHAT MEANS YOUR LIFE?"
(啥东西意味你生命了？)
In her question, WHAT is the subject(主语),
YOUR LIFE is the object(宾语),
and MEANS is the predicate(谓语).
So, this is a complete interrogative sentence
(完整疑问句).
Obviously, the sentence is grammatically correct
with all the necessary parts in their right forms.
By the same token, "What means making money?"
is also grammatically correct.
However, logic tells us that when A means B,
B does not necessarily mean A.
(As in the example, I could not say
"My life means your love" instead.)
So, when your expectation is regarding A,
the question shall be "WHAT MEANS B?"
and when your expectation is regarding B,
the question shall be "WHAT DOES A MEAN?"
Now let's turn back to your question.
Based on the context of the discussion
provided in your above poster,
it seems to me that your concern should be
the meaning of "making momey".
If your question is
"What does 'making momey' mean?",
the answer will be
"'Making momey' means making money.
('Momey' is a typo of money)."
If your question is
"What means 'making money'?"
the answer could be
"Working hard means making money."
See the difference?
And I seriously doubt that your original
concern was the latter.
Anyway, this is just my personal understanding
per the situation you described.
And I hope my opinion could be of some help.
作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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