...rammar of spoken and written english 一书的介绍中这样写Every time that we write or speak, we are faced with a myriad of choices: not only choices in what we say but in how we say it.请问这里的是否出现错误了,我觉得应当是:choices not only in what we say but in how w...
They made a protest to the authorities that was embarrassing.(夸克,语法大全,18.42)
作者说这句话等于they made a protest to the authorities in a way that was embarrassing.那么原句里边that指代的是整个主句部分?可以这样用吗?
下面一句摘自2015年高考英语天津卷的“阅读表达”题:No. I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet. 请问这里的 years ago 为什么是连用一般现在时呢?
We did not evolve, because machines and society did it for us.请问老师:did it是替代上文的evolve吗?do it也可以只替代前面的实意动词吗?另外在 He doesn't like it, but I do. 句中do分析为实意动词替代like it还是助动词呢?在浏览英语网时发现您...
I know that your powers of retention are as wet as a warthog's backside, but thick as you are, pay attention.这句话是什么意思?as wet as a warthog's backside 是一个短语吗?为什么翻译成根本派不上什么用场?