说法话茬第81期:difference of还是difference between

【错误表述】

The differences of manual labour and mental labour are dismissing.

【讲解辨析】

句意：体力劳动和脑力劳动的差别正在缩小。

辨析：表述什么东西的区别，如果是在两者之间进行比较，
difference的后面应该用介词between。如果表述“在某方面的差异”，difference的后面用介词in。例如：There' s a world of difference in the performance of the two cars.（这两辆汽车的性能有天壤之别。）如果要表示“（有多大的）差别”时，difference的后面才用介词of。例如：There's an age difference of six years between them.（他们俩相差六岁。）病句中说到的是“体力劳动”和“脑力劳动”之间的差异，病句中用了介词of，这就是句子的错误所在。我们将之改为between即可。

【正确表述】

The differences between manual labour and mental labour are dismissing.

【举一反三】

Can you tell the difference between these two nouns?

你能说出这两个名词的差别吗？