... contains more than one word is not considered an appositive phrase, but rather a single noun construction. For example:“My brother Michael lives in New York.”“America’s first president, George Washington, was born in the colony of Virginia.”
Rather than go on with his work,he went home.
Teachers do much more than impart knowledge.
No one could do other than admire it.
In the course of a day students do far more than just attend class.
1、He is always the first to come 虽然这里有always表示习惯性动作，但为何不能用进行式to be coming？据我理解进行式可以表示一个最近一段时间内持续进行的一般性动作。2、Smile at your interviewer to show you are glad to be talking with him or her.此...
...是删去] 文章后，今天读外刊遇到一个句子，It argues that
the bet against subprime mortgages was far riskier than is often appreciated. 这里的比较项应为形容词比较级riskier，但than分句中缺少的主语并不是比较对应项riskier吧。所以这里是不是应该...
...子时，脑海里很难感受到该句中文翻译的意思）He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.中文翻译：以色列的大能者必不至说谎，也不至后悔；因为他迥非世人，绝不后悔。
原句：When she heard the shot , she dashed there at once only to find a baby elephant shot dead.在to find这个不定式句子中 to find已经是谓语了，但是后面的shot是个什么成分，后置定语的话不应该是过去分词shotted吗？
The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.这里损失了很多人的性命，应该是复数的表达啊，而life作'性命'的含义不是可数名词吗？为什么这里不是loss of lives ?还是说用前面...
...容词，故有此问)She is having contractions five minutes apart.The two houses stood 500 metres apart.1.请问这里five minutes和500 metres视为程度状语修饰apart，然后整体将five minutes apart和500 metres apart视为频度状语，这样分析可对？2.apart这个副词...