现代汉语是古代汉语的继续和发展。在现代汉语中,我们常常可以发现不少古语古词还“活”在我们的口语中。在运用这些词语时,如果我们稍为疏忽,往往容易出错。 (1)在与歹徒搏斗中,一人付出了生命,二人被歹徒刺伤,凶手被众人当场擒获,最终被绳之于法。(《呼喊抓贼,成了被告》的按语,见《羊城晚报》2002年1月16日第A8版) “绳之于法”应作“绳之以法”。“以”是个常见言虚词,在这里作介词用,相当现代汉语 Modern Chinese is the continuation and development of ancient Chinese. In modern Chinese, we often find that many ancient Chinese words are still “alive” in our spoken language. When we use these words, we tend to make mistakes if we neglect them a little. (1) In wrestling with gangsters, one paid his life, two were stabbed by criminals, and the murderer was captured on the spot by everyone and finally brought to justice. (“To call a thief and become a defendant” is the keynote, see “Yangcheng Evening News”, A8, January 16, 2002.) “Rope to law” should be made “to justice”. “To ” is a common deprecation of words, used here as prepositions, quite modern Chinese