way(s)
1.way（方法）后面接不定式或of和动名词都可以。例如：That is the best way to do it. 和That is the best way of doing it.
2.下面每组里的两句意思相同：
- The best way to learn to use words is to read some good literature carefully.
The best way to learn to use words is by reading some goodliterature carefully. - He felt that the only way he could make amends for what he had done was to tell the whole truth.
He felt that the only way he could make amends for what he had done was by telling the whole truth.
3.下面五句里的this way，that way，which way，your own way和his way的前面习惯没有in：
- Please come this way.
- They went that way.
- Which way do they look?
- You may do it your own way.
- Opportunity came his way more than once.
the hard way（艰苦地、不容易地）前面也没有in。例如：
- His parents helped him to learn self-reliance the hard way.
- English spelling, I am afraid, has to be learnt the hard way.
下面每组里的三句意思相同。第一句最普通，第三句最不普通：
- The way he did it attracted me.
The way in which he did it attracted me.
The way that he did it attracted me. - All depends on the way you start the work.
All depends on the way in which you start the work.
All depends on the way that you start the work.
下面一句里的the way前面的in和后面的in which都可有可无，通常没有。例如：
- He does not bother about things (in) the way (in which) his brother does.
4.注意下面各句的意思：
- I might have been his son(,) the way he talked. （他［跟我］那样说话，好像我是他的儿子［他像父亲教训儿子般地跟我说话］。）
- One would think these men owned the earth(,) the way they behave. （他们这样行动，人家竟会以为他们是地球的主人［他们做出不可一世的样子］。）
- How silly she is(,) the way she keeps asking questions about this and that! （她不断地问这个，问那个，好不愚笨！）
- The boy must be a stranger here(,) the way he looks into the shop windows. （这男孩那样地望着店铺的橱窗里面，看来他一定是第一次来这里。）
- The way you work, you must be a very skilful carpenter. （看你的工作方法，你一定是一个很有技术的木匠。）
5.by the way，in the way，on the way和in a way各种表达方式不同，下面几点该注意：
（1）by the way有两个意思：“顺便说”和“在途中”。在第一个意思里跟by the bye或incidentally相同，在口语里很常用。例如：By the way, have you ever seen a lion? 和By the way, your cousin told me about it some time ago. 在第二个意思里跟on the way相同。
（2）in the way单独用作“妨碍人的”或“引起不便的”解。例如：I'm afraid I'm in the way. 后面接不定式作“很有…的希望的”解。例如：You are in the way to master the language in a year or two.
（3）on the way作“在路程中的（或地）”解。例如：They are now on the way to the capital. 和He met her on the way.
（4）in a way作“有一些地”解。例如：This is in a way better than that. 和He is in a way proud of it.
6.by way of有四个意思：1.“取道…”。2.“以作…”。3.“以…为目的”。4.“做出…的样子”。例如：
- She travelled there and back by way of China and Russia.
- I write these words by way of introduction. （我写这些文字以作介绍。）
- We must number all the items by way of distinguishing them. （我们必须把各个项目编号，使它们区别开来。）
- He is by way of paying particular attention. （他在做出特别注意的样子。）
- I am by way of being a musician. （我也算一个音乐家。）
下面几点该注意：
（1）用在第二个意思里，by way of后面通常接抽象名词，如commemoration，criticism，disguise，precaution，recognition和reply。假使后面接类名词，可以有a（或an），也可以没有a（或an）。例如：
- By way of (a) joke the farmer told him to plant his money in the ground.
- She tuned her lute, and by way (a) prelude played a gay little tune.
（2）第四个意思主要用在英国。
（3）I am by way of being a musician比I am a musician婉转。要是说He is by way of being a musician，便有轻视那个人的意思。
7.下面两句里都有介词to＋动名词，把becoming改作become和把mastering改作master也可以，但不很普通：
- He is on his way to becoming a journalist.
- She is well on the way to mastering English.
这两句里的to改作towards也可以，但不及用to普通。
8.下面两句意思相同：
- The book is good in more than one way.
- The book is good in more ways than one.
9.关于see one's way (clear) to...(ing)，参见see 6
10.way above，way ahead，way back，way behind，way below，way down，way off，way out west等表达方式都是美国英语，way作away解。
11.a long ways from，a good ways apart等表达方式在英国是方言，但在美国可说是正常的英语。
