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Dennies

以下是引用LES在2005-4-5 14:22:00的发言：

嗯，我觉得是这样的。

the building took workers two years to complete。这里可以看作the building宾语前置。

it 指代 to do sth. 这里说的it不是通常说的中性的第三人称代词，而是引导词，本身没有实意，只起一种先行引导词的作用。一般做形式主语或形式宾语，主要起到平衡句子的作用，后置真正的主语或宾语。

真正的主语或宾语的形式有两种：

1. to do sth. 即：不定式；

2. that从句

LES：我还是不明白，那the building took workers 2 yeas to complete.到底要不要在COMPLETE后补足IT啊，谢谢

mudfish

以下是引用Dennies在2005-4-19 15:24:00的发言：


LES：我还是不明白，那the building took workers 2 yeas to complete.到底要不要在COMPLETE后补足IT啊，谢谢

仔细研究一下下面这两个例句，这个问题就会迎刃而解了。（临考前一天悟出此道理）

Mr. Zhang said his father, taking one-half year to complete, created the museum boat.  

Another piece that his father created of cranes took two years to complete.

小葵

c啊

丑得老婆哭

以下是引用hades在2005-4-5 13:49:00的发言：

今天突然有人问我这道题，我想请教一下LES，

the building took two years to complete 和

the building took workers two years to complete (it)

一定是一样的吗，一定都是要省it吗？总觉得加了sb以后省了it句子意思不完整。你说过it 指代to to sth，如果这句是(to complete the building) took workers two years我就觉得好。

帮忙看看。谢谢！

完全反对这个意见。很简单的一个固定用法只是！这里的it怎么也不可能指代to do sth.

aquaa

183. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A)            to keep from

(B)             to keep it from

(C)            to avoid

(D)            in order that it would avoid

(E)             in order to keep from

In choice A, the phrase/frow being stolen lacks the necessary noun or pronoun that specifies what it is that might be stolen. Choice B is best because it provides the pronoun it, which refers to chalice.
                    Like choice A, choices C and E lack the pronoun. D is wordy and awkward in its use of the passive voice. Moreover,
                        avoid is used imprecisely in C and D because it illogically suggests that the chalice is acting to prevent its own theft.

这题中的 it就不能省略。为什么呢？

hawkinsxie

说it不能省略，粗略看，无外乎三个原因。

1）complete, keep为vt.

2）要为artisans，invaders找个施动（complete,keep）的对象，或者给being stolen找个对象

3) 句子较长，加it使逻辑更清楚。（Effectiveness）

Sth. takes sb. sometime to complete. （注意：有没有sb.完全两个意思）

我们来参考OG234和OG183

OG183: Chalice is buried to keep it from being stolen by invaders.(correct)

OG234: Wavelength is too long for the eys to register it. (wrong)

关键看加it，错不错！如果语法上不错的话，加比不加好！因为动词的主语和宾语更清晰，否则倒底是sth. complete还是sb. complete呢？

大家都在寻找不加的证据，但加it也有实例啊！所以我略倾向于选B。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-6-6 13:18:35编辑过]

gonghao

Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete

基本可以分为the army of terra-cotta warriors...【 is more than 2,000 years old】 and 【took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
                】

也就是再简化一下the army of terra-cotta warriors took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete

B的it是多余的

lb1900

以下是引用aquaa在2006-5-20 5:07:00的发言：

183. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A)            to keep from

(B)             to keep it from

(C)            to avoid

(D)            in order that it would avoid

(E)             in order to keep from

In choice A, the phrase/frow being stolen lacks the necessary noun or pronoun that specifies what it is that might be stolen. Choice B is best because it provides the pronoun it, which refers to chalice.
     Like choice A, choices C and E lack the pronoun. D is wordy and awkward in its use of the passive voice. Moreover,
      avoid is used imprecisely in C and D because it illogically suggests that the chalice is acting to prevent its own theft.

这题中的 it就不能省略。为什么呢？

因为chalice已经是bury的宾语，不能再做keep的宾语。

罗马青年

原来C是对的啊，

可惜CD-22的答案没人改过来，以为自己错了。

phenomena

--  作者：lb1900  --   以下是引用aquaa在2006-5-20 5:07:00的发言： 183. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders. (A)            to keep from (B)             to keep it from (C)            to avoid (D)            in order that it would avoid (E)             in order to keep from In choice A, the phrase/frow being stolen lacks the necessary noun or pronoun that specifies what it is that might be stolen. Choice B is best because it provides the pronoun it, which refers to chalice.      Like choice A, choices C and E lack the pronoun. D is wordy and awkward in its use of the passive voice. Moreover,       avoid is used imprecisely in C and D because it illogically suggests that the chalice is acting to prevent its own theft. 这题中的 it就不能省略。为什么呢？ 因为chalice已经是bury的宾语，不能再做keep的宾语。

我到觉得OG183是另外一种情况。

如果后面没有“being stolen by invaders”的话，这里的it应该要省略（和本题一样）。

而183里如果省略的话，stolen by invaders的宾语就没有了。

不知道自己的理解对不对，希望NN过目过目