名词性从句易错点例析
2008-05-21胡金莹
胡金莹
名词性从句是高中语法的一项重要内容,也是高考热点之一。本文通过正误对比的方式对名词性从句的易错点进行分析,希望对同学们有所帮助。
1.[误] Bill was chosen as a representative to attend the meeting made him excited.
[正]That Bill was chosen as a represen-tative to attend the meeting made him excited.
[解析] that引导名词性从句时,不作任何成分,没有任何实际意义,只起连接词的作用,但在主语从句、表语从句和同位语从句中不能省略。
2. [误] The problem is if we can receive enough support from the local government.
[正] The problem is whether we can receive enough support from the local government.
[解析] if和whether引导宾语从句时,绝大多数情况都可以互换,但是在引导主语从句、表语从句和同位语从句时,只能用whether,不能用if。
3. [误] I wonder how he is getting along well with his new novel.
[正] I wonder how he is getting along with his new novel.
[正] I wonder if/ whether he is getting along well with his new novel.
[解析] get on/ along well with意为“进展得顺利”。如果用how来引导宾语从句,则去掉well,否则意思重复,既然well就不必再问how了。如果要保留well,则必须用if或者whether来引导宾语从句。此句句意为:我想知道他的新小说进展得如何。
4. [误] All the books are here. You may choose whatever you like.
[正] All the books are here. You may choose whichever you like.
[解析] whatever意为“无论什么”,相当于anything that,通常用在没有限定范围的情况下;而whichever意为“无论哪一个”,相当于“any + 名词(限定性的名词) + that”,通常用在有限定范围的情况下。此句相当于All the books are here. You may choose any book(而不是anything)that you like。
5. [误] It is known to us all is that
America is made up of fifty states.
[正] What is known to us all is that America is made up of fifty states.
[正] It is known to us all that America is made up of fifty states.
[解析] 如果把it改为what,此句中what
引导的从句则为主语从句,is后的that引导的从句为表语从句;如果去掉is,it在从句中充当形式主语,that引导的为真正的主语从句。
6. [误] I made a suggestion at the meet-ing that the problem must be solved at once.
[正] I made a suggestion at the meeting that the problem should be solved at once.
[解析] 表示“建议、命令、请求”的名词如果有同位语从句修饰,从句通常用虚拟语气,从句中的动词形式用should + 动词原形或省略should。
7. [误] I really know nothing about if the book written by Mr. White has come out.
[正] I really know nothing about whether the book written by Mr. White has come out.
[解析] if和whether引导动词宾语从句时,通常可以互换,但在介词后的宾语从句中,只能用whether,不能用if。
8. [误] These beautiful pictures will show you what does our campus look like.
[正] These beautiful pictures will show you what our campus looks like.
[解析] 在宾语从句中,通常用陈述语序,不用疑问语序。
9. [误] There is no doubt whether he will succeed in doing the experiment.
[正] There is no doubt that he will succe-ed in doing the experiment.
[解析] 此句为同位语从句,doubt意为“怀疑,疑惑”,一般来说,如果doubt是肯定形式,一般要用if或whether来引导从句,如果doubt是否定形式,一般要用that来引导从句。……
