常聽到的英文簡報開場白“Thank you for your coming”，其實說錯了！「謝謝各位的到來」，這句話最常出現在英文簡報的第一句。 這麼簡單的開場白，原來也會說錯！
（X）Thank you for your coming.
（X）Thank you for your joining.
（X）Thank you for your attending.
中文「謝謝您的參與」、「謝謝您的到來」、「謝謝您的出席」，都很正常，但coming/joining之前加了一個your，就顯得拗口，老外不會這麼說，但他們發現，這種說法在日本、中國和台灣特別流行。
這些句子為什麼在文法上不通呢？這樣解釋好了，原來這句話的原型是：Thank you for coming.這裡的coming不是一個名詞，而是「現在分詞」，用此表示正在進行的動作。例：I am working的working也是一個現在分詞。
如果要說Thank you for your…，後面加一個名詞是可以接受的，如：
（O）Thank you for your attention.
（O）Thank you for your help.
前兩句開場白可改成：
（O）Thank you for coming.
（O）Thank you for joining.
比較複雜的是Thank you for your attending.這句就算是把your去掉，還是不太對：
（X）Thank you for attending.
（X）Thank you for your attendance.
這兩句話在文法上雖然OK，但句意冗贅。attend的意思和中文的「參加」不盡相同，以英文解釋，它指的是"go and show up"，你參加一場會議，用attend a meeting指go and show up in the meeting。當你的觀眾人都在現場了，還”attend”顯得累贅。若一定要這麼說，就用：Thank you for being here.
最後幫各位整理一下，方便記憶：
（X）Thank you for your coming. → （O）Thank you for coming.
（X）Thank you for your joining. → （O）Thank you for joining.
（X）Thank you for attending. → （O）Thank you for being here.
（X）Thank you for your attendance. → （O）Thank you for being here.
三個月英文脫胎換骨的一對一：http://goo.gl/5eIOmf
（O）Thank you for your help.
前兩句開場白可改成：
（O）Thank you for coming.
（O）Thank you for joining.
比較複雜的是Thank you for your attending.這句就算是把your去掉，還是不太對：
（X）Thank you for attending.
（X）Thank you for your attendance.
這兩句話在文法上雖然OK，但句意冗贅。attend的意思和中文的「參加」不盡相同，以英文解釋，它指的是"go and show up"，你參加一場會議，用attend a meeting指go and show up in the meeting。當你的觀眾人都在現場了，還”attend”顯得累贅。若一定要這麼說，就用：Thank you for being here.
最後幫各位整理一下，方便記憶：
（X）Thank you for your coming. → （O）Thank you for coming.
（X）Thank you for your joining. → （O）Thank you for joining.
（X）Thank you for attending. → （O）Thank you for being here.
（X）Thank you for your attendance. → （O）Thank you for being here.
三個月英文脫胎換骨的一對一：http://goo.gl/5eIOmf
