首先来看一道专四真题:
(2009, TEM4, 65)
"The man preparing the documents is the firms lawyers" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT _______.
A.the man who has prepared the documents
B.the man who has been preparing the documents
C.the man who is preparing the documents
D.the man who will prepare the documents
参考答案:D
解析:该题考查动词的-ing形式作伴随定语的用法,含有正在进行,或者一直持续进行的意思。D答案表示将来含义,所以答案是D。
下面是我查到的一些资料:
1. CGEL(17.28)
[1a] The person who will write reports is my college.
[1b] The person who will be writing reports is my college.
[1c] The person who writes reports is my colleague.
[1d] The person who is writing reports is my colleague.
[1e] The person who wrote reports is my colleague.
[1f] The person who was writing reports is my colleague.
[2] The person writing reports is my colleague.
The nonfinite clause "writing reports" in [2] may be interpreted, according to the context, as equivalent to one of the more explicit versions in [1a]-[1f].
下面是一个例子:
You should look for a man carrying a large umbrella. [who will be carrying a large umbrella]
2.曼哈顿GMAT语法
"Comma-ing" modifiers follow on form the tense of the man from the tense of the main working verb to which they are attached.
我的问题:
首先可以看出CGEL和曼哈顿GMAT语法的讲解是不一样的。其次这个"the same tense"并没有规定是传统英语语法中的说法还是现代英语语法中的说法(现代英语语法中没有将来时,will看作现在时情态助动词);其次很重要的一点就是这道专四真题和CGEL举的例子几乎是一样的结构,那么按照CGEL讲的,我们不应该认为D是错误答案(我当时根据CGEL的理论选了B)。所以希望各位能对此进行一下解释:是我的理解有问题呢,还是上述材料中的一部分表述有问题?
如题