In 1713, AP began his translation of the Lliad, a work that took him seven years to complete and literary critic SJ, Pope’s contemporary ,pronounced it the greatest translation in any language.
(1)我记得老师上课的时候说有a的是指代前面整句话的,而这道题的正确答案a work 是指his translation of the Lliad.请大神帮忙解答一下我的疑惑可以么~
(2)如果用which代替a work 的话,which指代的是lliad还是his translation of lliad??
同位语分两种情况; 1)abstract noun: 指代前面整个句子的内容:the scientists discovered that..., a finding that shocked all of us. 2)concrete noun:指代preceding noun phrase:例如本题中的work,特指一部作品,指代his translation of the Lliad
很显然,有A的能指代前一句话的说法很不严谨。a work that took him seven years to complete and literary critic SJ, Pope’s contemporary,看作同位语,解释和说明translation of the Lliad。which不能替代a work,否则和that并列错误,而且在形式上有指代the Lliad的嫌疑。