In America, in the fifties and sixties, conservative fathers made their sons keep their hair short; they had them--or even made them have their hair cut. This was harder to do when the resistance to the American war in Vietnam started. This trend of young people keeping long hair also became popular as part of the hippy movement, inspired by flower power, free love, environmentalism, sympathy for the women's liberation movement and the ubiquity of rock 'n roll & rhythm and blues concerts--only exacerbated by the use of psychedelic drugs, used to alter consciousness and become more spiritual and relaxed, also known as tripping, feeding on's head and tuning out.
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Quiz
How do you say it correctly?
You know your friend went to the barber or hair salon, so you ask:
"Did you _________?"
Choices:
① cut your
② get your hair cut
③ get your haircut
④ r hair get cut
日本語訳
1950～60年代のアメリカでは、保守的な父親が息子に短髪を求め、髪を切らせることがありました。ベトナム戦争への反対運動が始まると、それは難しくなりました。若者が長髪にする流行は、フラワーパワー、自由な恋愛、環境保護、女性解放運動への共感、ロックやリズム・アンド・ブルースのコンサートなどに影響を受けたヒッピー文化の一部にもなりました。原文は、意識を変えて精神的にくつろぐための幻覚剤の使用も、その流行に影響したと述べています。
問題
友人が理髪店や美容室に行ったと分かっています。「髪を切ってもらったの？」と聞くなら、Did you _________? の空欄にどれを入れますか。選択肢：① cut your、② get your hair cut、③ get your haircut、④ r hair get cut。
解答・解説
Answer and Explanations:The answer is number ③ get your haircut because unless we use an electric razor and shears (and do it ourselves) we get it done by another, or we:
*have it done by another (person)
*have it cut by another (person)
Furthermore, to cut your hair means to do it yourself, or by oneself.
Of course we can ask "did you cut your hair," (using option number ①) but most people do not cut their own hair, so why ask this?
Number ③: get your haircut is incorrect, because it is about ownership, as 'haircut' (notice it is one word, and thus) is a noun following the possessive pronoun 'your.' Also notice the grammar is correct, here, but it generally doesn't make sense; we don't speak of haircuts as permanent things to own.
Number ④ r hair get cut--as in 'Did your hair get cut?' is wrong (not grammatically), but as it is passive (not mentioning a subject and missing a causative verb, such as get or have, which suggests a personal subject such as 'you', and thus sounds as if the haircut was performed against the listener's will.
文の意味に合うのは② get your hair cut（髪を切ってもらう）です。自分で切るなら cut your hair。haircut は一語で名詞なので、③の get your haircut は「髪を切ってもらう」の表現にはなりません。④もこの文に適しません。
原文には「③が正解」と書いた直後に「③は誤り」とする矛盾があります。選択肢の実際の文法に合わせて②と示しました。原文の解答表記は修正せず、掲載前に確認が必要です。