高中英语课本必修一中The very first time that Joe saw the film"ET" directed by Steven Spielberg, he made up his mind to become a director too. the very first time 作连词引导时间状语从句，为什么后面还要加that?
薄冰教授《英语用法问答1144例》P528关于动名词有这样一道题：His being not able to come 并不错。有读者问一道选择题：He apologized for _______.A.his being not able to come B.his being able not to come.读者觉得A,B 都不...
...来都必定会给他带点特别的礼物。上句出自《柯林斯高级英语学习词典第5版》treat词条，但我对句子的译文有些困惑。因为：never fail to do something used for emphasizing that someone or something always does something that you expect them to do，这...
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3. What color
flowers do you like ?（转引自张道真主编的《现代英语用法词典》修订版p.240）
这里的 What color
是flowers 的定语。
4. What color did
you paint the door ? (同上）
这里的What color 是宾语补足语，paint 是及物动词，the door 是宾语...
牛津英语用法指南第一版130.2条：
It could rain later on this evening. 晚上以后可能下雨。
然而第三版却改为：
It could rain later this evening, perhaps. 今天晚上晚些时候也许会下雨。（122.8条）
第一版用的是：later on this evening ...
...storians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution.出自《考研英语一真题》1998年完型填空第一句个人理解：时间状语Until recently（介短）+主语most historians+谓语spoke +程度状语very critically(副短)+宾语of the Industrial Revolution（介短）。百...
章振邦新编高级英语语法649页：原句：Every bottle of "BUZZ" has been tested in our laboratories. Which/That is why we're so sure of our guarantee.是否有误？请教老师，上面当用That时，指示代词，Every bottle of "BUZZ" has been tested in our laboratories. That is w...
下面一句摘自2018年高考英语江苏卷完形填空：She writes, “Homelessness had taken every material thing from me and
left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a partly written book.”她写道：“无家可归夺走了我所有的物质财富，让我一无所有，就像一本...
表示“有助于做某事”，英语是用 be good for doing sth 还是用 be good to do sth？比如：Riding a bicycle is good to develop the leg muscles. Riding a bicycle is good for developing the leg muscles. 哪句对？还是都对？