请教两道语法改错题

junelu

1. Folktale adaptations from oral tradition to other forms of expression, notably print and film, have made for more than three centuries.

have made错,应如何改?谓语动词是什么? print, film是动词还是名词?

2. Bacteria and similar one-celled organisms reproduce by cell division, each of the daughter cell then beginning a new life as a distinct organism.

cell错,应为cells.问题是为什么用beginning?

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-6-17 17:39:15编辑过]

fchn951

1. has made.前面主语是Folktale adaptation，抽象名词，属于单数。

第二题是否抄写有错？我都没有找到谓语。

junelu

sorry,第一题的folktale adaptaion 应为folktale adaptions,已改过来了.我觉得是改为have been made,但我不明白print & film 是名词还是动词,是名词不该用notably吧?要是动词,那在句中作什么成分呢?

第二题的谓语是reproduce吧?

fchn951

1。同意你的改法。

2。对。谓语是reproduce。each of the daughter cells then beginning a new life as a distinct organism是作为独立结构修饰前面的主句的。GMAT中有类似的这样句子。

Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame.

(A) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its

(B) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside their

(C) all the characters a miniature calligraphic composition inside its

(D) every character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their（A）

(E) each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside their

Choice A is best: the appositive terms character and composition, both singular, agree in number; both also agree with the singular possessive pronoun its. In all the other choices, this three-way agreement in number is violated.

mutegirl

以下是引用junelu在2005-6-17 17:13:00的发言：

一家之言啊！

1. Folktale adaptations from oral tradition to other forms of expression, notably print and film, have been made for more than three centuries.

have made错,应如何改?谓语动词是什么? print, film是动词还是名词?

2. Bacteria and similar one-celled organisms reproduce by cell division, each of the daughter cell then beginning a new life as a distinct organism.

cell错,应为cells.问题是为什么用beginning?

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-6-18 10:17:53编辑过]

dancerme814

print&film是n.　指前面提到的other forms of expression

notably为adv.,意为尤其，特别，＝especially .particularly　

郎文辞典里的例句：

Many members were absent,notably the vice-chairman.

junelu

谢谢楼上各位详细解答！我明白了！