中式英語之鑑:佔有優勢
432. 天然纖維所做的衣服比之人工料子所做的衣服有很大的優點。
[誤] Clothing made of natural fibres has a great advantage on that made of artificial material.
[正] Clothing made of natural fibres has a great advantage over that made of artificial material.
注:have an advantage over sb./sth.(對某人/某物佔有優勢)是固定詞組,其中over 不能用於其他介詞取代。advantage 在這裏是可數名詞,必要時可用複數”值得注意的是,have the advantage 這一說法須後接of ,說明advantage 的內容。另外,takeadvantage of sb./sth.意爲“利用某人/某物”,這時advantage 之前沒有冠詞。