作后置修饰语的现在分词的语义探讨

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?

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who has prepared (X)不可能变为 is preparing即没有A的意思;可能是你看错了答案。
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