1. 误:The question is when will he come back.
正:The question is when he will come back.
析:从句语序颠倒。在所有名词性从句中,从句必须用陈述句语序。
2. 误:It is unknown that when we will have the meeting.
正:It is unknown when we will have the meeting.
析:从句已由when引导,引导词that多余。
3. 误:We won the match surprised us all.
正:That we won the match surprised us all.
析:从句中缺少引导词。在名词性从句中,连词that不作句子成分。在主语从句、表语从句和同位语从句中,that一般不省略。在宾语从句中,可以省略,但如果动词后面有两个宾语从句时,第二个that不可省略。
4. 误:Whether she will come matter a great deal.
正:Whether she will come matters a great deal.
析:从句中主谓不一致。从句作主语,与动名词、不定式作主语一样,谓语用单数形式。
5. 误:That he discovered is that I want to know.
正:What he discovered is what I want to know.
析:引导词的误用。that 和what二者都可引导名词性从句,但that 不充当句子成分,而what充当句子成分。此句中what分别在主语从句和表语从句中充当宾语。
6. 误:That he will come depends on the weather.
正:Whether he will come depends on the weather.
析:误解句意,从而误用引导词that和whether。
7. 误:The reason why he is successful is because he never gives up.
正:The reason why he is successful is that he never gives up.
析:误用引导词。记住The reason why ... is that ... 句式。
II. 精练:
找出下列各句中的错误并改正。
1. I asked Mary what was she doing there.
2. All that he does is different from that he actually says.
3. I know the fact Chinese is becoming more and more popular with foreigners.
4. Whether we’ll build the factory haven’t been decided yet.
河北 张淑娥
Key:
1. 从句语序错误。was she改为 she was 2. 连接词误用。第二个that 改为what
