... the verb form used in theintroductory clause. He cited several examples (with suggested improvements) including this one: ‘His death leaves a gap as well as creating a by-election in Ross and Cromarty (Read creates).’ This construction still occurs, typically whenan auxiliary or modal verb ...
...oly that I wander among my recollections ofthe world of letters in London when first, bashful but eager, I was introduced to it. It is long since I frequented it, and if the novels that describe its present singularities are accurate much in it is now changed. The venue is different. Chelseaand Bl...
...e ofthe U.S.A. than get tied up to there,” said a retired civil servant with a complexion the color of ruby port. “ 我宁愿英格兰成为美国的第51个洲,也不要跟法国连在一起,” 一位退休的公务员如是说,他的脸色红得就像红葡萄酒。 请...
... experts, I mean those who are less
likely to make pronunciation mistakes. When listening to them, pay attention to
words that sound strange. Strange, because you pronounce the same words
differently. When you come across such words, check a dictionary to confirm
their exact pronunciations. You can ...
...______ use a clock to wake me up
because at six o’clock each morning the train comes by my house.A. couldn’t
B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t4. The new law states that people ______
drive after drinking alcohol. A. wouldn’t ...
...y guns on both sides ofthem. 247 out of 637 men were killed. The event is remembered as an outstanding example of bad military leadership and the blind courage of soldiers obeying orders. It is described in a famous poem by Tennyson: “Forward the Light Brigade!’ Was there a mandismay’d? Not t...
...len yesterday. 我的表昨天被人偷去了。If
you tell him your phone number, you will have his friends ringing it up all
day. 你要是把电话电码告诉他,他会整天给你打电话。第一句用过去分词,是因为my watch与stolen之间为被动关系;第二句用现在分词...
... also thought he saw, as he later told the British Association,
that " thenumberof species and individuals diminishes as we descend,
pointing to a zero in the distribution ofanimal life as yet unvisited."请教一下曹老师,这个句子中为什么diminishes使用单数形式而非复数形...
The desk is named square,after but one ofan infinite numberof sensations which it yield the rest ofthem _____sensations of two acute and two obtuse angles,but I call the latter perspective,views ,and the four right angles the true form ofthe desk.A.is B.are C.being D.be 求解...
...了安排孩子们上床睡觉之外,他在家里什么事都干。The train was cancelled, so I had no alternative but to take a taxi. 这趟火车取消了,我别无选择,只有乘出租车了。(摘自《牛津英语用法指南》第四版413.3节)不能说:... but take ...(5) excep...
老师您好,这是我自己的整理,不知对不对?WHEN若主句为过去进行时,when后必须一般过去时。He was sleeping whenIarrived. 主长从短若主句不是过去进行时,when后看情况。Iarrived when he was sleeping. 主短从长I'll phone you whenI g...
...John
Sinclair误用了。 2. Oxford
Advanced Learners Dictionary第7版(stake词条)We
cannot afford to take risks when peoples’
lives are at stake.注意这个例句在第9版中改过来了,请看:We
cannot afford to take risks when people’s
lives are at stake.整句话的意思不可能...
1. The narrator
shows no remorse for his actions, and instead focuses his attention on
concealing his crime, which he does
by carefully depositing the body behind the wall, taking every precaution to
prepare an identical plaster, and cleaning up his mess with the minutest care.2. The narrator’s
pr...
WhenI did my homework,my father came back.这个句子对吗? 前面的did,,,一定要改成was doing吗?WhenI lived in the countryside,I worked for a newspaper.这样可以吗?when 的主从句时态,有什么规律吗?老师可以给我讲一下吗?