I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature; I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble, nor how much goodness in the reprobate.
请教老师:宾语从句how contradictory is human nature 中how 应该是副词,修饰形容词contradictory的方式,或程度的吗?为什么副词+形容词(how contradictory)可以作human nature的主语呢?
I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature
这个间接问句中,how contradictory并不是主语,而是表语。只不过间接问句仍然采用了倒装语序而已。这种情况在阅读中偶尔是会见到的。假设句子改为:
I had not yet learnt how contradictory human nature is
则有可能会让读者把how contradictory human nature误读为一个名词短语。这可能是作者保留了倒装语序的原因。总之,形容词短语在这里不可能是主语,因为逻辑不通。
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