1.A:What do you think it'll be like when you die?
B:Probably like it was before I was born. A whole lot of nothing.
2.It was five hours before I finished the work.
3.This is after two bombs exploded in the predominantly Shiite area of central Baghdad.
请教老师:类似以上例句中的before和after是哪种引导词?其引导的是表语从句吗?为什么语法书中没有说明before和after能引导表语从句呢?
1 你可以理解before/after从句可以作表语,尽管语法书没有提及到这一点。这种理解最简单。主语it可能是人称代词,指代前面提及的某件事,也可能是虚指代词,表示时间。
2 你还可以认为be在此不是系词,而是不及物动词,意为exist 或 take place. 这样,before/after仍然是状语从句,语法书就没有必要对此重新解释。
其实,在be后面不及可以见到before/after从句,还可以见到because, if, when, so that等引导等从句。例如:
Some stole my new bike. That was three days after my father bought it for me as a birthday gift.
3 另外,这种结构也可能是强调句型省略了that从句(that从句内容在前面提及过了)。
4 一个故事或小说可能这样开头:It was before China adopted the reform and opening-up policy. I worked in a small government-run company and ...
It 在此指后面要讲述的事情,was在此是happened 或 took place的意思。
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