CHAPTER #13

THE CORRECT USE OF SOME ADJECTIVES

 

 

Some, any – Untuk mengekspresikan jumlah atau tingkat, ‘some’ digunakan dalam kalimat affirmative, sedangkan ‘any’ digunakan pada kalimat negative ataupun interrogative.

 

                  I shall buy some mangoes.

                  I shall not buy any mangoes.

                  Have you bought any mangoes?

 

Tetapi benar jika kita menggunakan some pada bentuk pertanyaan dimana menyatakan perintah atau permintaan; seperti,

 

                  Will you please lend me some money?

 

Each, Every – Each dan every memiliki arti yang sama, tetapi every memiliki makna yang lebih kuat daripada each ; ini berarti ‘each tanpa terkecuali’. Each digunkaan jika berbicara mengenai dua atau lebih barang. Every hanya digunakan ketika kita berbicara lebih dari dua barang. Each mengarahkan pehatian pada perorangan yang membentuk beberapa kelompok, sedangkan every mengarahkan pada kelompok total. Each digunakan apabila jumlah dalam kelompok terbatas dan pasti; every digunakan ketika jumlah tidak pasti.

 

                  Every seat was taken

                  Five boys were seated on each bench.

                  Every one of these chairs is broken.

                  Leap year falls in every fourth year.

                  He came to see us every three days

                  It rained every day during my holidays.

                  I was away ten days and it rained each days.

 

Little, a litte, the little – Little berarti tidak banyak/sangat sedikit. Little memiliki konotasi negatif. Contoh :

 

                  There is little hope of his recovery.

                  He showed little concern for his nephew.

                  He has little influence with his old followers.

                  He showed little mercy to the vanquished.

                  He has little appreciation of good poetry.

 

A little memiliki arti beberapa, tetapi tidak banyak. A little memiliki konotasi positif; Contoh,

 

                  There is a little hope of his recovery.

                  A little tact would have saved the situation.

                  A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

 

The little memiliki arti tidak banyak, tetapi itulah adanya; contoh,

 

                  The little information he had was not quite reliable.

                  The little knowledge of carpentry that he possessed stood him in good stead.