...ing中的something是指实际存在的物体还是抽象的概念？比如it tasted like
grape juice but not as sweet.中我们认为something是指it和grape juice，还是认为something是一个抽象的概念sweetness甜度?前者是指as用于比较it和grape juice的degree, 后者是指as 用...
...ters never get in the habit of crossing out chunks (大块)
of their draft and writing revisions in the blank space. After you have revised
your draft until it is too messy to work from anymore, you can enter your
changes into your word processor. Then you can print out a fresh draft, again
setting ...
1. We have to finish, however long it takes. 无论要花多长时间，我们都得完成。2. However you look at it, it was a wicked thing to do. 不管你怎么看待这件事情，它都是一件缺德的事。朗文词典认为上面第1句中的 however 是副词，但第2句中的 however ...
1. Employers who do credit checks operate under the assumption that having had trouble paying bills is a character flaw, but there is scant hard evidence to back this up.
老师，这个“had”不用去掉嘛？直接说"…under the assumption that having trouble paying…"不行嘛？
还有...
1. My task being completed, I shall go to bed.（张克礼语法）2. The question being settled, we went home.（薄冰语法）薄冰语法例句中的settled在the freedictionary中可以查阅到作形容词的义项。而张克礼的例句，似乎也将completed视为形容词，表示状态...
EU and Chinese coordinate approaches to counter-piracy operations in the
Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa have increased security of shipping in
those areas.
译文：欧盟和中国在亚丁湾和非洲之角的反海盗行动协调办法，提高了这些地区的航运安全。
疑问：...
That's about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth."would have to be orbiting"是什么时态？为什么要使用这种时态？
Almost as bad would be simply to say that all the rich country should promise to increase their putative negative emissions to match their carbon consumption.请问专家老师，Almost as bad would be是倒装句么？as bad 是作为表语倒装？