= Do you have change for a hundred dollars?
上列句中的change (零錢) 是不可數名詞, 我們不能說『一個零錢』(a change)、『兩個零錢』(two changes) 等。同理, cash (現金) 亦是不可數名詞, 我們也不能說『一個現金』(a cash)、『兩個現金』(two cashes)等。
譯: 你需要多少零錢?
How many changes do you need? (╳)
→How much change do you need? (○)
例: A: How much change do you have?
= How much do you have in change?
B: I have change for ten dollars.
= I have ten dollars in change.
(甲:你有多少零錢?)
(乙:我有十塊零錢。)
A: How much cash do you have?
= How much do you have in cash?
B: I have cash for one hundred.
= I have one hundred in cash.
(甲:你有多少現金?)
(乙:我有一百塊現金。) |