[求助]请教大全5，6

dreadpower

5  A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
    答案是A没有问题， 这里的to him 是什么语法现象？？
     如果A按照D那样，把to him 前后的逗号都去掉，还对不对？？为什么？？

6。A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(D) causing flames to spread
    答案是D没有问题，如果将A改为flames’spreading对不对？？
   

lizaz

5）中的to him是插入语，必须要用前后2个逗号隔开的。
6）make如果后面跟名词应该没错，但如果改成flames’spreading似乎太牵强了，flames加‘s不好，而且后面的quickly只能修饰动词spread，不能修饰名词。

g4yLee

插入语咯,如果去掉逗号,你不觉得主谓离得太远了吗?如果放在最后,我觉得也可以,但总不如a感觉好.

如果flames’spreading,重心落在spreading上,而且这样spreading有变成名词之嫌,啊啊啊啊啊,什么跟什么啊,ets的错误已经够恶心的了,你还在错误上加错误,你简直ets还恶心,啊啊啊啊啊啊,开玩笑的,呵呵.flames’spreading,gamt这样的东西是绝对错,呵呵

g4yLee

而且插入语言的,是不能省的,

dreadpower

谢谢两位大侠的解答

gemj

以下是引用lizaz在2003-11-25 20:52:00的发言：
5）中的to him是插入语，必须要用前后2个逗号隔开的。
6）make如果后面跟名词应该没错，但如果改成flames’spreading似乎太牵强了，flames加‘s不好，而且后面的quickly只能修饰动词spread，不能修饰名词。

解释非常精彩！

gemj

三位都是高手，建议你们三个都来当语法区版主！

dreadpower

别开玩笑了，我这点水平有的努力了。他们两个是满牛的。

    刚看见YZYINYIN来了，她都生病还来~~~，她不论实力还是精神足够当斑竹

gemj

YZYINYIN当然是称职的版主，帮我解过不少惑啊。你们也是肯定是未来称职的版主。

freelance

以下是引用dreadpower在2003-11-25 20:00:00的发言：
5  A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom

我的问题是为什么主句是过去时，而从句中的谓语return却用一般现在时呢？