我了解介词后面可以跟所有格+动名词形式的短语
如
Iam curious about his staying up late every night
而有时它不是所有格开头的,也可以有这样的情况出现的吗?
None would have dreamed of there being such a place
The app currently has a 2.5 star rating on the iTunes store with commentsdescribing it as kinda sorta creepy and confusing.
谢谢老师回答!
1. None would have dreamed of there being such a place.
【答】“there be结构”的动名词形式为there being。there being 可以作句子的主语,作及物动词的宾语和介词的宾语。这个时候,there 充当了动名词的逻辑主语。比如:
There being a public bus service is a great convenience to people’s life. 有了公交车对大家生活十分便捷。
I don’t mind there being any objection to our plan. 我不在意对大家的计划有反对建议。
What’s the chance of there being an election this year? 今年举行选举的可能性有多大?
The Chinese are proud of there being the Great Wall in the north of China. 中国人由于在中国北部有长城而自豪。
【注】1. 大家一般说的There be 存在句,通常都觉得,there 只不过起引导用途,没实质意义。由于句子的真的主语在be之后,而且be的单复数是由后面的主语决定,而非由there决定。剑桥出版的《当代英语语法》把there称为dummy subject(虚拟主语)。
there 虽然只起引导用途,但在句子结构中,它充当了虚拟主语(dummy subject)。但在非谓语形态下,there 实质充当了“非谓语动词的逻辑主语”(logical subject)。故there 没有所有格形式。
2. “动名词的复合结构”作及物动词或介词的宾语,其意义在于:它不只说明了动作本身,而且还说明该动作的施事者,传达出的信息是:一个带有“主谓结构的事件”,它实质是从句的一种变体。
2. The app currently has a 2.5 star rating on the iTunes store with commentsdescribing it as kinda sorta creepy and confusing.
【答】该句的with commentsdescribing it as...,是“with 复合结构”,不是“动名词的复合结构”(即:“含有逻辑主语的动名词短语”),它们不是一回事。