All natural languages seem to distinguish at the semantic level between count nouns (CNs) and mass nouns (MNs). Some natural languages, like English, mark the distinction at the syntactic level. Prototypical of CNs is ‘dog’ and of MNs is ‘matter’. One syntactic difference is that usually CNs...
...s because of some confused sense of values we have that makes us think it is better to sell houses as a salesman than it is to build them as a carpenter. 这个句中被强调的部分是because of some confused sense of vales we have.这是个介词短语可以做主语吗？麻...
原句：We infer this phenomenon is related to the organic mesostructures that serve as a soft template.改动后：We infer this phenomenon is related to the organic mesostructures serving as a soft template.主要把that serve 改为serving 后置定语，这样改动 会有什么问题么
Using drugs，or
"doping" as it is called in sport, is one of the main problems
_____(face) the Olympics.为什么是现在分词作定语呀，face 和problem不是动宾关系吗，是因为表示正在进行的时态吗，正面临的问题？
...象，可用作可数和不可数名词。(1) 不可数用法：Strategy is
needed to keep the boys at work. 要使这些男孩子们安于工作需得有策略。Strategy is an
important element of the name. 战略是比赛的重要组成部分。(2) 可数用法：Let's try a
different strategy. ...
...gests
that if an argument gets resolved, the emotional response tied to it is
significantly reduced or almost completely erased. Thus, it may be worth
bringing up issues with your friends, family members, or classmates rather than
holding them back.翻译：最近的研究表明，如果争辩得到...
Whether the eyes are “the window of the soul” is debatable; that they are intensely important in interpersonal communication is a fact. During the first two months of a baby’s life, the stimulus that produces a smile is a pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real： a mask with two dots will pro...
1. Once a year, a race is held for old cars.句中的 once a year 是状语还是主补？如果是状语，那它是什么状语？若放在句尾，能不能理解为主补？为什么？2. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour—much faster than its rivals.句中的 much fas...
-how do you find the club -i would rather not __(join) it .everyone is saying its management is going from bad to worse.标准答案为 have joined .疑问：这里是表示对过去的假设，为什么不用had joined