作者tijj (my two cents)
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標題Re: [文法] 時態文法題
時間Thu Dec 13 19:28:03 2012
※ 引述《hopeliu (阿翔)》之銘言：
: 某國中資優班文法題
: Cathy: It is really tired.
: Peter: Yes. If there is an earthquake tomorrow, we ____________ .
: (a) will have worked in vain
: (b) worked in vain yesterday
: (c) will have worked in vain yesterday
: (d) will have worked in vain today
: 註in vain: 徒勞無功
: 請問這題，答案a，
: b選項錯誤的理由是？
: 歡迎各種指教，
: 謝謝每位大大。
acd是屬於subjunctive/subjunctive
b是屬於indicative/indicative
b若你妹認為對的, 就先維持她的語感,就不要去解釋為何是indicative form.
此外,補充一下,類似句子及其語境.
Suppose that a group of people worked yesterday on building a new dam.
Their work is not yet completed, so it is crucial that it should not
rain before they complete the work, otherwise what they have built
so far may be washed away. Unfortunately, rain has been forecast for
tomorrow. Under these circumstances, one of the workers might
remark if it rains tomorrow, we'll have worked in vain yesterday.
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Comrie (1981:73)
這種句子很久就有了,不算是什麼難句,不用想的太難,並不會難懂. c選項懂了,
d選項就不難理解.
而b選項, 這也是個類似句,
If it rains tomorrow, we worked in vain yesterday.
Comrie (1982)
我沒記錯Comrie教授是劍橋大學語言學博士,本身是英文母語人士,
時態文法教科書權威作者之一. 這些全是文法正確例子且
語境成立下是可能說出口(remark)的.
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※ 編輯: tijj 來自: 114.32.58.58 (12/13 19:32)
推 hopeliu:喔！！！ 我懂了 大感謝tijj大 小弟受教了 Orz 12/13 20:49
推 zofloya:sorry to trouble you again, so the differences among 12/14 02:01
→ zofloya:1)If it rains tomorrow, we would have worked in vain 12/14 02:01
→ zofloya:yesterday. 12/14 02:01
→ zofloya:2)If it rains tomorrow, we will have worked in vain 12/14 02:01
→ zofloya:yesterday. 12/14 02:02
→ zofloya:3)If it rains tomorrow, we worked in vain yesterday. 12/14 02:02
→ zofloya:lie in the speaker's confidence in whether their work 12/14 02:02
→ zofloya:done yesterday would be in vain or not? 12/14 02:03
推 zofloya:if so, is the order 3)>2)>1) correct? if not, then 12/14 02:07
→ zofloya:what differentiates them? thanks 12/14 02:08