問：「與其……不如」的英文說法是甚麼？
答：英文有幾個說法，可以表達「與其……不如」的意思，例如may / might as well...as、not
so much... as、more... than、would
rather... than、prefer... to / rather than，謹各舉一例：（1）You might as well be hanged
for a sheep as for a lamb（成語：與其因偷小羊而受絞刑，不如偷大羊）。（2）The Chinese Communist Party is not so much a political
organisation as a criminal gang / The CCP is more a criminal gang than a
political organisation（中國共產黨與其說是政治組織，不如說是犯罪集團）。（3）I would rather do it today than tomorrow / I prefer to do it
today rather than tomorrow（與其明天才做，我不如今天做）。
問：以下一句，應不應用and字？──You can enjoy superior service and at a
low cost（你可以低價獲得優良服務）。
答：一般而言，and接連的單字、片語（phrase）等，即使刪去其一，句子文法仍然正確，例如You
will have a wife and children（你會有妻子兒女）這一句，縮減作You will
have a wife或You will have children，文法都正確。
讀者示下那一句，縮減作You can enjoy superior service是正確的，縮減作You can
enjoy at a low cost就不正確了：enjoy之後應用名詞，不用介系詞。所以，那一句不應加and。At a low cost用在名詞service之後，以說明service的性質，則是正確用法。
