定语从句语法结构成分分析以及 now（现在）为什么可以用在过去进行时中呢？
"Those are the simple facts. My note was now lying in a different place
on the table from where I had left it. I noticed that, but attached
no importance to it, thinking a draught had blown it there. That Mr.
Billson would read a private paper was a thing which could not occur to
me; he was an honourable man, and he would be above that. If you will
allow me to say it, I think his extra word 'VERY' stands explained: it
is attributable to a defect of memory. I was the only man in the world
who could furnish here any detail of the test-mark--by HONOURABLE means.
I have finished."
1) 这一句My note was now lying in a different place on the table from where I had left it. 麻烦老师讲解一下语法结构和成分以及含义，没看懂。
2) now（现在）为什么可以用在过去进行时中呢？（My note was now lying in a different place on the table from where I had left it.）
3) That Mr. Billson would read a private paper was a thing which could not occur to me 这一句中，would是“过去将来时”，而不是表推测，翻译成：将会... 对吗？
最佳答案 2020-11-08 13:00
1 My note was now lying in a different place on the table from where I had left it.
different...from...也是一种广义的比较结构。
a different place on the table: 桌子上不同的地方。
from where I had left it = from the place where I had left it. where引导名词性关系分句，作介词from的宾语，表示和什么地方不同——和我当时放字条的地方不同。
2 now用作过去的语境中等于then，即at that time.
《韦氏高阶》副词now的释义和例句：
4 : at the time referred to in the past
I next met her again a few years later. She was now 30 years old and working for a law firm.
3 That Mr. Billson would read a private paper was a thing which could not occur to me.
过去将来时的would其实就是表示预测意义的情态动词。二者是一致的。不要把will/would do表示将来时和will/would的推测性用法对立起来。will/would可以用来推测过去、现在、将来的情况。如果用来推测将来，就是传统语法的将来时。这是传统语法和现代语法对同一个语言现象的不同解释而已。例如：It will rain tomorrow.
传统语法说这是一般将来时。现代语法说这是情态动词will表示事件在将来发生的可能性的预测（推测）。就这个句子而言，二种解释并不影响这个句子本来的意义——明天将会下雨。只不过现代语法更进了一步，将来会下雨是说话人的预测。
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