it is the first time that的提问

老师两个句型:

It is the first time that... 与 It is the first time for sb to do sth; 

句中的划线部门是定语成分么,他们不是做形式主语的吧?


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最佳答案 2019-09-02 14:02

关于 It is the first time for sb to do sth. 国内语法书和英语教学都未提及这个结构不符合英语表达习惯,因此多次出现在国内英语辅导书的例句中。

但《牛津词典》和《实用英语用法指南》都明确指出这种结构为错误。

《指南》则进一步指出,序数词+名词+不定式作定语,只有名词与不定式为逻辑主谓关系时才可以,其它如动宾关系、动状关系的不定式不能作被序数词修饰的名词的定语,而要改用that从句作定语。例如:

Tom is the first student to hand in the paper. (不定式与student 为主谓关系。正确)。

That was the first time for Tom to solve such a difficult math problem. (不定式与time为动状关系。错误。应改为定语从句)

That was the first time that Tom had solved such a difficult math problem.


至于序数词前不是定冠词,而是物主代词,即sb's first time,语料库例句显示,后接doing形式,远多于后接不定式。有老外认为后接不定式为错误。例如:

This/It is my first time visiting China. 语料库大量类似例句。老外认为结构正确。

This/It is my first time to visit China.  语料库仅有极个别例句。老外认为结构错误。

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曾克辉  
擅长:英语考试

It is (was) the first time是主句,that引导的是定语从句,修饰先行词time,关系副词that可省略,从句的谓语常根据主句的时态用现在完成时或过去完成时。大多数语法家对此类句式都是这样分析的。据此可知,It is the first time for sb to do sth中的不定式复合结构也应分析为定语。

▲刘老师有一篇文章专门谈到这个问题:

http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/201404/3615.html


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如沐春风

It is the first time for sb to do sth 这个结构对不对是个问题。

《牛津词典》time词条有:

This is the first time (that) I've been to London. This is the first time for me to go to London. 

SWAN 的观点:

Is this the first time that you have stayed here? ( n o t . . . the first time for you to

stay here. Time is not the subject of stay.)


有个DAVID老外的观点:

The learner's dictionary is presenting various collocations at the place where that example appears. The point is that "first time" and "last time" collocate with "that"-clauses rather than with "for"-"to" infinitive clauses.

Thus, you should instead say, "This is the first time I've been to London." But it is often perfectly correct and natural to use "for"-"to" infinitivals with the noun "time" by itself -- e.g., "It's time for him to go to bed."


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