中式英語之鑑:該校有三千名學生
240. 該校有三千名學生。
[誤] The school has three thousand students.
[正] There are three thousand students in the school.
注:英語動詞 have 有三義:(1)物質上的所有,如 I have a lot of friends. (2)身心上的具有:如 I have a poor memory. (3)構成上的含有:如A week has seven days = There are seven days in a week. 例句中的 have 與(3)相似,但仍是似是而非,因學校是一個地點,不是機構,學校與學生的關係,不是不可分離的,不像星期少了一天就不成。還有“there + be”願意爲“存在”,存在於某處,因而變成“有”的意思。