2. 無論英語是本族語還是非本族語的人士編寫的英語語法或慣用法中，均或多或少收錄了可以用于“It’s +adj.+ of sb. to do sth.”句式的形容詞，但唯獨沒有imaginative，這也從側面證明了imaginative不可以用于“It’s +adj.+ of sb. to do sth.”。　　

這樣的英語語法或慣用法有：　　

(1) L. G. Alexander著 Longman English Grammar《朗曼英語語法》(雷航等譯 外語教學與研究出版社1991年1月第1版)P629-630：可用于It’s+ adjective+(of sb.)+ to do sth.的形容詞有：absurd,  advisable, alarming, awful, bad, better, best, brave, careless, certain, cheap, clever, cruel, dangerous, difficult, easy, enjoyable, enough, essential, expensive, fair, foolish, free, friendly, funny, good, great, hard(=difficult),helpful, dishonest, honest, hopeless, horrible, important⁶,just,kind,unkind,lovely, lucky, unlucky, natural, unnatural, necessary, unnecessary, nice, odd, pleasant, pointless, polite, impolite, possible, impossible, right, rude, sad, safe, silly, strange, stupid, true, untrue, useful, useless, vital, wise, unwise, wrong。　　

(2)[日] 綿貫陽等著《現代英語語法例解手冊》(修訂版))(申勇譯 科學出版社2006年2月第1版)P 483:用于It is… of A to…的形容詞：bad, bold, brave, careless, clever, crazy, cruel, decent, foolish, good, honest, kind, naughty, nice, noble, polite, right, rude, selfish, sensible, silly, stupid, sweet, thoughtful, unkind, wicked, wise, wrong�！　�

(3)張克禮編著《新英語語法》（第二版）（高等教育出版社 2005年1月第2版）P203：可用于It’s +adjective +to do sth.：essential, important, necessary, bad, better, brave, careless, civil, clever, coward, crazy, cruel, decent, dishonest, foolish, fun, good, hard, ill-natured, impolite, impossible, imprudent, kind, lovely, naughty, polite, reasonable, right, silly, spiteful, ungrateful, unusual, unwise, wonderful, wrong。　　

(4)劉應德編著《分析英語語法》（四川大學出版社 2007年11月第1版）P354-355：在一些描寫人的形容詞后常用 of來引出不定式的邏輯主語：kind, nice, wrong, right, brave, sensible, sweet, friendly, good, stupid, considerate, thoughtful, wise, unwise, clever, silly, foolish, selfish, rude, splendid, careful, polite, complimentary, decent, naive, naughty�！　�

(5)薄冰著《薄冰英語語法指南》（外語教學與研究出版社2006年1 月第1 P519：“It+be +形容詞+0f +名(代)詞+不定式”舉行所用的形容詞都具有評論的性質：annoying, boring, trying, careful, careless, crazy, cruel, mad, silly, wise, nice, good, kind, wrong, right, stupid, rude, foolish, clever, greedy, unwise, polite, bold, sensible, thoughtful, generous, selfish, wicked。　　

(6)Randolph Quirk著A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE《英語語法大全》( 翻譯本)(華東師范大學出版社 1989年9月第1版)  P 1700:careful, crazy, mad, silly, wise, careless, greedy, nice, unwise, wrong。　　

(7)劉旭寶主編《英美語慣用法實用詞典》(西南交通大學出版社1993年5月第1版)P703:kind, unkind, wise, nice, good, considerate, sweet, foolish, polite, cruel, rude, absurd, wrong, imprudent, stupid,  unmanly, ungrateful, ill-natured�！　�

P 705(包括(日)井上義昌編著的《英美語慣用法辭典》(吳 拓等翻譯 湖南師范大學出版社1991年5月第1版)P764): It is … of you to…   ——“of+代（名）詞”在意義上是不定式的邏輯主語，同時of也含有（關于……）的意義，為此在 It is（was）的后面可能出現評判人、物性質的形容詞或分詞：(a)人品 kind, good, nice, considerate, amiable, sweet, thoughtful, (b)思維活動及方法：clever, foolish, simple, dull, silly, stupid, sensible, (c)行為的善惡（行為者的品性）wrong, cruel, rude, bad, wicked, selfish, impertinent, cowardly, (d)行為手段(行為者的手腕)well-done, cleverly, managed。　　

(8)John Eastwood 著的Oxford Guide to English Grammar (Seventh impression 2002)P153：A common pattern is“it+linking verb +adjective+to-infinitive clause”.  Here are some examples of adjectives in this pattern: marvelous, terrific, wonderful, perfect, great, good, nice, pleasant, lovely, terrible, awful, dreadful, horrible, interesting, exciting, depressing, confusing, embarrassing, amusing, easy, difficult, hard, convenient, possible, impossible, safe, dangerous, cheap, expensive, necessary, vital, essential, important, advisable, better, best, usual, normal, common, rare, strange, odd, incredible, natural, understandable, good, nice, kind, helpful, mean, generous, clever, intelligent, sensible, right, silly, stupid, foolish, careless, wrong, polite, rude。(筆者注：可以看出imaginative不能用于it+linking verb +adjective+to-infinitive clause，更不要說用于“It’s +adj.+ of sb. to do sth.”了。)　　

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