問：小兒英文練習有以下一句，someone之前為什麼用having，而experiences之後的with有什麼用？──Having someone to share scary, new experiences with made it easier to cope with them。
答：Have someone to share something with是「有人和（你、我等）分嘗某事物」，例如：（1）Success matters only if you have someone to share it with（成功獨享就沒有意義）。（2）He had nobody to share his anxiety with（沒有人與他分憂）。這兩句的with當然都是和share連用，而with之後的隱形受詞（object）則是you和him。讀者示下那一句，把have改為動名詞having，而以Having someone to share scary, new experiences with一語當做全句的主詞（subject），意思是：「有人和你一起，遇上新的可怕事情，會容易應付一點。」
問：《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》示範日期的正確寫法，說英式是14 October 1998或14th October 1998，美式則是October 14, 1998。然則從前英文老師教授的14th October, 1998寫法是否不正確？
答：日期的傳統寫法，英式是14th October, 1998或14 October, 1998，美式則是October 14th, 1998或October 14, 1998。今天，英式寫法多畧去逗點以及st、nd、rd、th等，即14 October 1998。而這寫法在美國也日見流行。《朗文英文用法指南》（ Longman Guide to English Usage ）以下一句可供參考：The standard British order for dates, increasingly used in the USA, is day, month, and year, without punctuation between the units: 15 July 1964。