聊一聊一个容易弄错的英语句式

60天话题口语社群里面有同学问到了一个问题：I think I would not enjoy talking about him. 是否应该写成：I don’t think I would enjoy talking about him?实际上 I think I would not enjoy talking about him.这种写法是可以的，这涉及到英语“否定转移”（transferred negation）的知识。对于像think, suppose, believe, expect, seem, imagine这类词引导的宾语从句，其主句中的否定词not通常被转移到宾语从句里面。比如：I don’t think he is honest. 意思大概等同于：I think he is not honest.因为否定转移的存在，很多同学可能会认为宾语从句谓语的否定必须转移到主句中去，但这一观点是错误的。赵振才的《英语常见问题解答大词典》就提到，根据表达的需要，宾语从句谓语的否定也可以不转移到主句里面，比如：I think he has not come. 我认为他还没有来。再举一个英语新闻的例子，去年乔布斯遗孀Laurene Powell ………………………………