没有人说说if they were studied in as much depth 里were studied是啥意思么?if条件虚拟语气?但如果是虚拟语气好像没有were+-ed这种表示法啊? 分割线 原来我一直以为they指代other animals。如果they指代patterns就说得通了。patterns were studied,表被动。
可是这样一来,they指代逻辑上是有歧异的。
前面有人说they指代animals,能否说说animals were studied……是何意思?
语法上优先指代animals的依据: 主从句中:代词先指代主语的核心词 这个依据我对它的理解是:有一点是没有例外的(至少我没见过,有见过的同学麻烦贴出来一起讨论啊!)那就是在主句S1 V O,从句PRONOUN V O;或者主句PRONOUN V O,从句S1 V O的情况下,这个pronoun都是指代S1的 当然如果pronoun和S1不匹配(比如一个是人一个是物),那这条依据还有下半句:主从句中:先指代主语的核心词,再指代宾语或表语的核心词,最后指代修饰语中的名词。
E中把whether之后的内容独立出来,就会发现它其实是一个主从句 other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth 那么they语法上是优先指代animals的