10 比较代词than(直接采用曹老师的命名)所引导的比较句是否可以有不同的还原方式呢?

各位老师好,因为我在阅读中遇到了所谓“准关系代词”的说法,所以开始在网络上寻找资料,所以就在网站上看到您分享的一些思考。您的分享实在让我受益极大,尤其是将than命名为比较代词。这个命名就能够表明,than在句子中有双重功能,一个功能是表示比较,另一个是than在分句中做成分。按照您的思路,我自己尝试练习还原不同的比较句,以便理解句子结构。但是,在练习还原的过程中,遇到了一个问题:有的句子是否可以有不同的还原方式?这个问题涉及到分局中的主谓一致问题。


之前有同学提问一道题:“There were more casualties than         reported.

A   was      B   were

链接如下:

https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/25492

这道题给出的答案选择was。

我尝试着对原句进行还原,来说明选择was的原因,思考过程如下:

There were many (A) casualties.

It was reported that there were many (B) casualties.

A>   B

There were more casualties than it was reported that there were. 这个句子省略掉形式主语it和真正主语之后就得到了原句:

There were more casualties than was reported.

以上是第一种还原方式。

但是,我接着想:是否可以进行下面第二种方式的还原呢? 

There were many (A) casualties.

Many (B) casualties were reported.

A>B

There were more casualties than were reported. 

请教曹老师,如果第二种方式是不对的,那原因是什么呢?为什么只能进行第一种方式的还原呢?

因为提问这个版块似乎不能太长,我把自己的其他还原、补全句子的练习放在这个文章版块里面了,链接是这个:

https://www.cpsenglish.com/article/178


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最佳答案 2021-01-03 10:27

比较分句的补全肯定不是唯一的。关键是要保持主谓一致。than was reported. 肯定是省略了形式主语it和真正主语that从句。than were reported则不可能是省略了形式主语和真正主语。但是此时通常需要在reported后面加in the newspaper之类的状语,很少单独were reported. 同理,than were necessary也通常需要不定式或for介词短语作necessary的补足语。这就是为什么考试题中,当necessary后面没有补足语的时候,参考答案给的是was而不是were. 

There were more casualties than were reported in the newspaper.

There were more casualties than (it) was reported (that there were).

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