求教语法题--1

piggycandy

A microphone enables musical tones to be amplified, thus making it possible the gentle renditions of soft songs in large halls.

答案:c  应该怎么改? 是不是making possible?

The Oble Awards have been given annually for 1956 to outstanding artists in off-Broadway theater.

答案:b  这里不明白theater前面为什么不加the?

困难是弹簧

A microphone enables musical tones to be amplified, thus making it possible the gentle renditions of soft songs in large halls.

答案:c  应该怎么改? 是不是making possible?

是，IT多余

yongchou

theater沒漏s ??

piggycandy

我是觉得off...theater前面应该有the. 因为可数名词不能单独存在.

jeff2003

以下是引用piggycandy在2003-8-30 18:55:00的发言：

The Oble Awards have been given annually for 1956 to outstanding artists in off-Broadway theater.

答案:b  这里不明白theater前面为什么不加the?

单数名词不是说一定要加the,而是要有限定词！这题应该是for ->since。

yongchou

Yes, the mistake of "for " is obvious.
What is curious is the phrase "in off-Broadway theater".
Since "off-Broadway" means all others that are not of the typical Broadway style, "off-Broad" is just a simple adj, which should not rule out the necessity of either a determiner, like "the", or a plural form for the noun "theater".

yongchou

Sorry, I'm wrong.
1. A search with yahoo.com reveals plenty of examples of "off-Broadway theater", all in singular form.
2. (from my dictionary)
[uncountable]
a) ="plays" as a form of entertainment
I enjoy theater and swimming.

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piggycandy

我是越来越糊涂了, 如果说介词+修饰性形容词+单数可数名词可以用的话, 那 I enjoy theater and swimming怎么解释呢?

jeff2003

以下是引用piggycandy在2003-9-17 12:06:00的发言：
我是越来越糊涂了, 如果说介词+修饰性形容词+单数可数名词可以用的话, 那 I enjoy theater and swimming怎么解释呢?

单数名词不能单独存在，前面要有限定词。就象：beijing city， my book 等， 都可以的。
不明白你说的 “。。。怎么解释”？

yongchou

>>"介词+修饰性形容词+单数可数名词可以用的话"
No, you still need a determiner like a/the/my ,just as Jeff2003 said.

>>I enjoy theater and swimming怎么解释呢?

theater is uncountable here(=plays). (Longman)