OG 92

andy100

92. Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
(D)as many changes at once as they confronted in
(E)so many changes at once that confronted them in

E该如何排除？

sbbi

E中用changes做从句主语
1. changes confronted them in the Tax Reform Act of 1986逻辑不通
2.them指代不清

ca3ltoys

D--as many changes at once as they confronted(改为did对吗?) in

meili99

D--as many changes at once as they confronted(改为did对吗?) in

I have the same question as ca3ltoys as do. In my point of view, confronted is better than did, since in the main clause, the verb form is past perfect "had confronted". Anyone can explain more to me for this question? Thank you!

心晴

这体的(D)as many changes at once as they confronted in
把as改成so对不对？句首用never，不是否定词，后面不是应该用so么？为什么还是用as？

rt316

以下是引用心晴在2004-6-6 10:31:00的发言：
这体的(D)as many changes at once as they confronted in
把as改成so对不对？句首用never，不是否定词，后面不是应该用so么？为什么还是用as？

虽然so much/many as强调用于否定含义的句子，但是并不意味着as much/many as只能用于肯定含义的句子，事实上，as much/many as也可以用于否定含义的句子。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-6 10:56:33编辑过]

rt316

以下是引用meili99在2004-5-30 0:36:00的发言：
D--as many changes at once as they confronted(改为did对吗?) in

I have the same question as ca3ltoys as do. In my point of view, confronted is better than did, since in the main clause, the verb form is past perfect "had confronted". Anyone can explain more to me for this question? Thank you!

我认为confronted改为did是可以的，对句中的唯一动词进行时态改写不会产生歧异。

caterpillar

以下是引用心晴在2004-6-6 10:31:00的发言：
这体的(D)as many changes at once as they confronted in
把as改成so对不对？句首用never，不是否定词，后面不是应该用so么？为什么还是用as？

as...as....用于肯定和否定均可。

so...as...只能用于否定。

但是我还有一个问题：Never这种否定方式，是不是可以用so....as...?因为不是直接对谓语进行否定，算不算否定句呢？

bon

Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
----------> taxpayers  had  never confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 before

？可以这样理解吗，never before是连在一起的说。

caterpillar

以下是引用bon在2004-6-19 8:55:00的发言：

Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
----------> taxpayers  had  never confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 before

？可以这样理解吗，never before是连在一起的说。

不知道。有没有哪个NN再给确认一下？