请教whatever的用法。

waterflea

whatever + 主语 + 系动词，该处的系动词能否省略？

例如：

According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal’s merits, to tax
(E) the proposal’s merits are, taxing

这里正确答案是A，是不是可以把are省略掉了？

1stzhang

这是一个状语从句的省略是OG第一个题目的语法点, 在状语从句的省略中只有whatever和once可以直接加名词其他的都不可以.

chenmoon

记下了，这点很有用，谢谢。