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axbycd

20. An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country for areas in which to build.
(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that
(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that
(C) the abundance of capital for commercial real estate has been such,
(D) such has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that (E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,

In this 倒装句, which is SUBJECT, "construction" or "capital"?

If the subject is "construction", what is the function of "capital"? If the subject is "capital", should be "so abundant has been capital for ....."

lemon_tea

首先整个句子由分号分开，是个并列句。分号前后分别是两个独立完整的句子。后一个句子的主语显然是captical. “so abundant has captical been ...." 用的是部分倒装，而你提到的"so abundant has been captical ...."用的是全部倒装。在这里, 应该用部分倒装，即使全部倒装不是错的（个人认为是错的），也是unidiomatic, 读一读就觉得不合语感。可以比较下面两个句子来理解：1。have u been to Paris ? 2. Have been u to Paris? 显然第二句不对吧。

axbycd

Thanks, lemon_tea, for your help!