[求助]请教大全2

Sophiallw

以下是引用newbee在2003-9-21 17:46:00的发言：
Sec 14-19
19.A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
答案是A。
请问，如果是当时市政当局允许把Phosphates倾倒进五大湖，但是1972年的agreement（不是禁止倾倒的协议，而只是限制倾倒的协议）只是减少了amount，而不是禁止了dump，那么allow的时态应该是什么样的呢？

以下是引用5332649在2004-1-8 19:02:00的发言：
请问 an amount of 不是要加不可数名词吗？这里怎接
phosphates

以下是引用turtlechen在2004-1-8 20:24:00的发言：
No! an amount of can modify countable or uncountable nouns.
Ex: 大全511
The amount of paper that will be recycled this year is expected to be greater than ever

Below phrases are for uncountable nounsColins English Grammar 2.200)

less of  ("less of" can replace "fewer of" in modern usage)
little of
much of
part of
a bit of
a good deal of
a great deal of
the whole of

以下是引用turtlechen在2004-1-9 13:26:00的发言：
Most of the time, we see "amout of + Uncountable Noun".
But it does not mean it can't follow countable noun.
I think you may try to search on gemj's great work, reading 2772.
There are few examples.

Normally,
you use "an anount of"    with  plural verb
           " the amount of"  with singular verb

adelineyao

A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

In this sentence, that clause modifies "phosphates" not " amount" therefore present tense should  be used. i.e. municipalities are allowed to dump phosphates into the Great Lake, but the 1972 agreement changed the amount allowed.

snowfield

以下是引用adelineyao在2005-12-16 2:42:00的发言：

A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

In this sentence, that clause modifies "phosphates" not " amount" therefore present tense should  be used. i.e. municipalities are allowed to dump phosphates into the Great Lake, but the 1972 agreement changed the amount allowed.

综合各位nn的观点，是对本题总结如下：

上述划线部分的解释有道理，因为从意思上来讲，被允许倾倒的应该是phosphates而不是数量（amount)，而phosphates一直允许倾倒，所以用一般现在时是可以的。这里引起大家争议的就是that从句该修饰谁得的问题，因为按照一般原则后置的修饰成分应该修饰先行结构中的中心词，按此原则本题中that从句似乎应该修饰amount，这也是引起大家争议的根源。根据逻辑意思高于语法规则的原则，从句中用现在时态更合适。

关于主句时态本人倾向于用一般现在时，因为这里是对协议内容的描述，但按此理解最佳选项C存在that从句修饰amount的问题，amount不能被dump，这是个比较严重的问题。

另有大虾解释说这里可以是对协议结果的描述，因此可以用过去时态，这也有道理。与此对应的选项e也不存在that从句修饰amount的问题。

综上d最佳答案

欢迎拍砖。。。

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sliton

OG11 这样写的，写得很好
Since the dumping continues into the present, the past perfect verb "had been allowed "should instead be the present " are allowed"

这是延续到现在的动作，所以用一般现在时