關於「late」的那些天大誤會：遲到只說I am late、很晚睡用sleep late...

先來整理之前提過和late相關的幾個錯誤，幫大家加深印象：

1. 我昨晚很晚才睡。

（Ｘ）I slept late last night. (slept late是睡到很晚起)
（Ｏ）I went to bed late last night. / I was late going to bed last night.

2. Late和lately不是形容詞和副詞的關係

這兩個字長得很像，很多人以為late是形容詞，加上ly的late就是它的副詞。其實不是。Late本身可以當形容詞或副詞，像這句：
I arrived late to the office. 我晚到辦公室。late就是副詞，修飾動詞arrived。

Late是「晚」，而lately是「最近」。來比較這兩句：

I had my first book published lately. 我的第一本書最近剛出版。
I had my first book published late. 我的第一本書很遲才出版。

3. 晚婚是get married later in life還是get married late in life？

說到晚婚，英文我們會用late這個字的比較級later。

Getting married later in life is a modern trend. 晚婚已經變成現代趨勢。

很多人會問為什麼要用later而不用late就好了，如果用late，會有一點主觀色彩，可能覺得晚婚不好或不得已，而later則有這種「晚一點」是個人的選擇。來看這兩句：

You are late to get married. 你這是太晚才結婚。（感覺好像晚婚不好）
I choose to get married later in life. 我選擇晚一點再結婚。

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