明天就考试了，今天再问几道题，呵呵

liuxuejunjx

85. Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.
(A)    things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(B)    things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
(C)    things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
(D)    antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(E)    antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
Choice B is best. In A and D, have grown does not agree with the singular noun market. In addition, all of the choices except B use plural verbs after that, thus illogically stating either that bygone styles of furniture and fixtures, or fixtures alone, are reviving the particular pieces mentioned; it is instead the market for those styles that is bringing back such pieces, as B states. Furthermore, choices C and E, by using the verb form bring, fail to convey the ongoing nature of the revival properly described by the progressive verb is bringing.
要点：此题和想象中的解释大不一样，自己想象中是Out of America's fascination with这一个从句来决定的
Q:首先，has grown是根据解释中的market来；还是前面是一个短语从而用单数来决定
  其次，后面bring back的数的一致，是由market来决定吗
再次，fixtures that中的that修饰的是哪一个词呢，根据我们一般判断，通常指fixtures而非market
最后，things antique 似乎不如antique things好

lixiaoyang

都由market决定，不是好不好的问题，而是意思不一样，体会一下吧

solome

我觉得这整个的句子是一个倒装，主语是a market, 谓语是has grown,for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures 以及that从句都是修饰market的。

yzlinlin

以下是引用solome在2003-12-4 20:44:00的发言：
我觉得这整个的句子是一个倒装，主语是a market, 谓语是has grown,for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures 以及that从句都是修饰market的。

UP。
也 祝 楼 主 考 试 大 捷 ！

Snazzy

the right squence seems like this: a market for bygone  styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the oerstuffed sofa, and clawfooted bathtub has grown.

things antique = antique things, but only "something good" "nothing wrong"

Snazzy

GOOD LUCK, MAN

solome

以下是引用yzlinlin在2003-12-5 1:46:00的发言：

UP。
也 祝 楼 主 考 试 大 捷 ！

谢谢linlin

dxwei2008

祝明天痛宰小鸡，大炒宫爆鸡丁！

ashlie888

A marke（for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures）has grownOut of America's fascination with allthings antique ;
the market(that) is bringingback the chaise lounge, the overstuffedsofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.