在张道真语法书上有这样一个知识点:如果虚拟条件从句中含有were,had或should,可以将if省略,而把这几个词放到主语之前,构成倒装结构。Should he come(=If he should come), tell him to come to my office.Were it necesary(=If it were necessary), I might go ...
Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. 是不是因为trouble是不可数名词,所以这里用单数谓语was? 是不是因为trouble是不可数名词,所以这里不可用冠词a, 也不能用复数troubles?但trouble前为什么不加冠词the?
用 joined, joined in 填空:Soon some of the teachers ______ the singing.Some of us decided to _____ the strike.Everyone there ______ the conversation. 除写出答案,也请老师分析一下原因。
Being tired, he
gave up exercising this morning.这里现在分词的被动式用得不妥,改为:Tired, he gave up
exercising this morning.但是being tired 作为动名词的被动式做主语,又是允许的,比如:Being tired makes
me feel uncomfortable.虽然动名词不允许省略be...
...off.变成了现在完成时,taken off是修饰the back and top panels的定语。翻译成这台洗衣机有被拿下来的背板和顶板。感觉跟要表达的意思不一致。表达洗衣机的背板顶板已经拆下来了,写成This washing machine's back and top panels have been taken o...