1. 不與那些已含有 again 意義的動詞 連用:
請再説一遍。
正:Please repeat it. / Please say it again.
誤:Please repeat it again.
但若要強調,again 本身卻可以疊用:I have told you againand again not to play there. 我已再三叫你們不要在那兒玩。
有時也可見 again 與 repeat 之類的詞連用,那表示的.是第三次而不是第二次:Repeat it again, please. 請把它再重複一遍 。
2. again 雖然可以表示“再”、“又”,但並不是漢語中所有的“再”、“又”都能用 again 來翻譯的:
我們班又有兩個學生入了團。
正:Two more students in our class joined the League.
正:Another two students in our class joined the League.
誤:Two students in our class joined the League again.