1. 定义:用作同位语的从句叫做同位语从句。
2. 用法:同位语从句的先行词多为fact, news, idea, thought, question, reply, report, remark等,关联词多用从属连词that。
例如:
they were all very much worried over the fact that you were sick. 对你生病这件事,他们都很焦虑。
where did you get the idea that i could not come? 你在哪儿听说我不能来?
注:同位语从句偶尔由从属连词whether引导。
例如:i have no idea whether he'll come or not. 我不知道他是否来。
连接代词who, which, what和连接副词where, when, why, how亦可引导同位语从句。
例如:
the question who should do the work requires consideration. 谁该干这项工作,这个问题需要考虑。
it is a question how he did it. 那是一个他如何做了此事的问题。
注:
1.一些表示“建议、命令、要求”的名词后所跟的同位语从句中,谓语动词用虚拟语气should+动词原形表示。should可省。
例如:
this is our only request that this (should) be settled as soon as possible. 这就是我们唯一的请求:尽快解决这个问题。
2.引导词that在同位语从句中不作句子成分;而在定语从句中必作句子成分,是从句所修饰的词的替代词。
例如:
the fact that the chinese people invented the compas