A:
What did you do yesterday, Jim?
B: I went shopping to buy some things for the school trip next week.
Native Comment:
A non-native arrangement here. Key ‘shopping/shop to buy’ into your browser. How can we fix this subtle tautology?
The answer:
I went to buy some things ...
I went shopping to get some things ...
Native Comment:
Both of these are pretty good. The simplest solution is:
I went shopping for some things.
語句のmatching,collocation,repetitionなどは難しいときもありますが,この場合,元の英文は日本語でも「~を買いに買い物に行った」となるので,わかりやすいパターンですね。
PR