“尔欲吴王我乎”作为专有名词活用作动词谓语的例句，常被引用，但语法语义理解却多不正确。杨树达《高等国文法》(商务印书馆1930年版)引为“名词转为外动致动用”的例句，释为“谓使我为吴王”，释义不够详明。杨伯峻《文言语法》(北京出版社1956年版75页)将此句作为“名词 The example of “Er Yu Wu Wang Wo Hu” as a proper noun, which is used as a verb predicate, is often quoted, but the understanding of grammatical semantics is far from correct. Yang Shunda “higher national grammar” (Commercial Press 1930 edition) quoted as “the nouns to outside action with the” example sentence, interpreted as “that I am King of Wu,” the interpretation is not detailed enough. Yang Bojun “Classical Chinese Grammar” (Beijing Press 1956 75) put the phrase as "noun