Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, hepredicted in the mid-1890's that electricity generated at Niagara would one day power the streetcars of London and the streetlights of Paris.
(A) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he (B) The prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power was exciting to Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, and so he (C) Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, (D) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for the production of electric power and (E) The inventor of alternating current, excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing of electric power, Nikola Tesla E选项,如果去掉excited那部分, The inventor of alternating current,Nikola Tesla可以是同位语;不去掉,就是主语重复(破解上也是认为主语重复)。 另外白勇语法11页也说,同位语一般在名词前或者名词后,也就是说不可能跳跃。。。 最近有点晕,请NN指教。。。
Ron神认为只有抽象词作为同位语时能够修饰前面的一整个句子或者idea,而如果同位语是concrete名词的时候,只能修饰靠近的名词。这里part of a deal很明显是第二种,修饰的是前面的million dollars,而不是一整个purchase的过程。所以不同类,不正确。
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翻老题,给大家提个醒:Ron对D答案的解释:if you use the infinitive "to make", then the computer company is still the subject of the sentence. therefore, in this case you have to use the reflexive pronoun: itself. as an analogy, i can't look at me in the mirror, but i can look at myself in the mirror. same deal.