形容词可有单字也可有一段所谓的形容词子句 (Relative Clause)
如果要用一个或两个单字形容词来描述某个事物,应是问题不大。但用上了形容词子句 (Relative Clause)时,如果句子有两者以上的比较的形容词(Superlative adjective),我们就必须注意了。
首先,让我们了解形容词子句 (Relative Clause)的用法。试看以下的例子:
He is an intelligent boy. He comes from a poor family.
上面的两段句子的第一段的 boy 是 与跟随后面的he 是有关系(relative)的;因为boy 是人物
我们只可用 who 把 he 换掉成为…… who comes from a poor family.
把 boy 换为 he后 又把前面的句号删除,再把这两段句子连接就可;
He is an intelligent boy who comes from a poor family.
这就是形容词子句 (Relative Clause)的用法。
一般上,在形容词子句 (Relative Clause),如果前面的句子最后的目标(object)是人物,跟随后面的连接字就用 who;如果前面的句子最后的目标(object)是事物,跟随后面的连接字就用 which 或 that;如果前面的句子最后的目标(object)是地方,跟随后面的连接字就用 where。
例子如下:
I saw him who had recovered fully from serious illness.
This was the book which I had finished reading .
This is the place where I lost my purse.
学英语最难的就是出现了特殊条款(exceptional Clause)。这就是我在第一段时所讲的当 两者以上的比较的形容词(Superlative adjective),我们就必须注意的事。
He was a clever boy who worked here.
He was the cleverest boy that I had ever seen.
出现了两者以上的比较的形容词(Superlative adjective),是以that来代替了who。 在日常生活里,我们可不必去想要用who 还是that啊!我们还可选择两者都不用。
例子:He was a clever boy worked here.
He was the cleverest boy I had ever seen.
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