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你这问题是关乎Both (of)（注：括号代表可省略）的用法 Both和Both of都可以置于与限定词（好像：the
my
their
these等)连用的名词前面。在美语中，通常用both of 如： She's eaten both (of) the apples. Both (of) my sisters like swimming. Both (of) these apples are good. 从例子中，我们看到both或both of没有分别 但若我们用both时，后面的the，或his
her
their通常会省略（但也可以不省略），如： She's eaten both apples. She lost both parents when she was a child. 但当我们用both of时，就不会省略限定词 所以，你四句中，除了I bought both of books外，意思一样，文法也对 希望帮到你！ 2009-05-30 01:34:08 补充： 回应楼下 若是代名词，英文只会说： Both of them......，而没有Both them或Both they的说法 但若both置于代词后面则可以，如： She's invited us both. They both wanted to marry him.
I think the wer given by 001 is excellent and should be chosen as the best wer. I would like to add that the word "both" in "I bought both books." is an adjective. The word "both" in "I bought both of the books." is a promoun. I have noticed that there might be some other differences beeen the o of them. Hope 001 would enlighten us again. Both my sisters like swimming. (correct) Both of my sisters like swimming. (correct) Both of them like swimming. (correct) Both them/they like swimming. (?) Both he and his sister like wimming. (correct) They both like wimming. (correct) 2009-05-30 16:46:36 补充： Thank you 001.