帮忙解题，多谢。

kevinchaung

14． The early years of the United States government were characterized by a debate concerning _______ or individual states should have more power.

(A) whether the federal government

(B) either the federal government

(C) that the federal government

(D) the federal government

答案：A

分析：空格前面已经有句子的主谓，且之后有独立的动词have，则说明有从句存在，且有or 做判断，选A。

参考译文：美国政府早期特点即是关于是联邦政府还是独立的州享有更大权力的争论。

取自CD语法大全，疑问：A，B选项的区别？by...后面的结构分析，concerning是做介词吗？

拜托！

mikelyung

concerning is prep.

either不能引导从句

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-6-24 6:11:46编辑过]

kevinchaung

connerning是介词，介词+从句？？？

另外，either有连词含义，为什么不能引导从句？

其实从句意和逻辑上是选A，但是语法角度还是不太明白。

mikelyung

介词+从句 is right very much!

chiuchiu

by a debate( which is ) concerning _______ or individual states should have more power.

concerning在全句中是介词,但在从句中是谓语~~所以+句子