题目:
Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。
Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。
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问题:请问老师,倒装后用不用冠词a 。比如第一句是不是应该是?Successful man as he is,我看到http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/201703/5071.html 这篇文章里就提到了,倒装是例外。那么究竟谁是准确的呢?
Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud.
Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes.
1. 不用冠词;
2. 前面是名词时,美国用that, 不用as. 夸克CGEL上讲英国可用as;
3. 第一句容易把as当成了“因为”;
4. 这种as/though/that搞成的倒装形式,都不仅不是高大上的东西,而且还是人家讨厌的东西;
5. 知道有这种结构是应该的,但平时自己写作还是老老实实用 Though he is...
一、摘自 Practical English Usage,这本书是我唯一看到有特别说明名词只能接though(不能接as),且例句不带冠词(a/an)
255 as and though: special word order
adjective/adverb/noun + as + clause
As and though can be used in a special structure after an adjective, adverb or
noun. In this case they both mean 'although', and suggest an emphatic
contrast. (In AmE only as is normally used like this; though is unusual.)
Cold as/though it was, we went out. (= Although it was very cold,
... )
Bravely as/though they fought, they had no chance of winning.
Much as/though I respect your point of view, I can't agree.
Strange as/though it may seem, I don't like watching cricket.
After a noun, though can be used in this way (but not as).
Scot though she was, she supported the English team.
二、截图来自 A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language,虽然没有特别说明,但也符合这个规律:名词只接though,不带冠词
三、朗文词典as词条,也没有接名词
Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。
Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。
as/though引导让步状语从句,从句某个成分前置(不是倒装)是为了强调。当前置的是一个单数名词时,通常不用冠词。但像successful man, brave man这样的名词词组前置时,强调的其实不是名词,而是作定语的形容词,定语形容词被程度副词强调,是需要不定冠词的。所以,以上二句中,前置的定语形容词前省略了程度副词as. 所以,该句应该等于:
As successful a man as he is, he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。
As brave a man though he is, he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。
以下为COCA的二个理解:
As wise a man as he is, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has not been wise enough to realize the problems he caused by ending the dollar inflation, ...
As mild a man as he seemed, he had lived steadily in the service of his passion; ...
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