the same…as与the same…that
一般说来,用as表示相同种类物,用that表示同一物。如:
This is the same pen as I lost yesterday. 这钢笔与我昨天丢失的完全相同。
This is the samepen that I lost yesterday. 这正是我昨天丢失的那枝钢笔。
但以上不同只不过大致的,在实质运用中,两者常可混用(特别是当它们在所引导的定语从中作宾语时)。如:
Meet me at the same place as you did yesterday. 你我在昨天见面的老地方碰头。
He uses the same book as [that] you do. 他用的书与你的一样。
当从句没动词(即有所省略)时,要用as。如:
You’ve made the same mistake aslast time. 你有与上次一样的错误。
当the same之后没名词时,要用 as。如:
My stand on this is just the same as it was four years ago. 我对这问题的立场仍和4年前一样。
依据状况,the same之后的名词有时也可用who, whom, where等引导的定语从句来修饰。如:
He’s the same man that [who] we met yesterday. 他就是大家昨天遇到的那个人。
Put the book back in the same place where you found it. 把书放回原处。