中式英語之鑑:allow容許,許可

去倫敦的訪問使他能與律師決定事務。

[誤] The visit to London afforded him to settle his business with the lawyers.

[正] The visit to London allowed him to settle his business with the lawyers.

注：雖然afford 與 chance 或opportunity 等連用時，含有“使......有機會做......”的意思，但afford 本身並不表
示“allow”（容許，許可）的意思，所以本句不能用afford，而要用allow。再者，afford 不能用於afford sb. to do sth.（如誤句）的結構中，而allow sb. to do sth.則是常見的。