The Logic of English Prepositions-英语介词的逻辑

作者：Daniel Moore

书名：The Logic of English Prepositions《英语介词的逻辑》

中文简介：The Logic of English Prepositions《英语介词的逻辑》这本书包含了英语中17个最常见和最容易混淆的介词。每个介词都有自己的章节。每一章都分为几个部分，指导您完成整个过程，帮助您更容易、更有效地学习。这些部分包括：a）例句（全书有450多个例子）；b）逻辑，其中包括关键思想、解释和词源注释；c）详细解释A部分例句中的逻辑如何工作；d）经常使用每个介词的动词短语动词（是的，短语动词也是合乎逻辑的！）（f）成语。

英文简介："I hate grammar! Why are English prepositions so difficult?"

"There's no logic to prepositions. You just have to memorize them."

"I don't know why we say it that way. That's just how we speak."

Does any of that sound familiar? If you're learning English, you probably have problems with prepositions. You know, those little words that are so annoying: "at", "on", "in", etc... Here's a secret for you: English prepositions ARE logical, and the approach that is in this book has successfully worked for many of the author's students.

Why your English Teacher was Wrong
This is a book about prepositions, but it's not about grammar. It's about the hidden, logical relationships that give prepositions their meaning. But why do English teachers say that there isn’t any logic? Let’s imagine a farm that grows a lot of different plants. On the surface, you see all the leaves and branches of the plants (the “in” plant, the “on” plant, the “to” plant, etc...). These leaves and branches are the different dictionary definitions that seem to be disconnected and random. These “surface meanings” are what native speakers are consciously aware of. However, under the ground we find the root of each plant. The root is the logic that all the dictionary definitions are based on. This underground level is part of the subconscious mind, which means that native speakers aren’t consciously aware of it.