关系代词在定语从句中作主语时的省略

• 作 者: 李崇月
• 机 构: 江苏理工大学,
• 出 处: 英语学习
• 发表日期: 2000年06期
• 关键词: 关系代词 定语从句 语法规则 例外情况 speak think brought someone 疑问代词 lives

按英语语法规则,关系代词在定语从句中作主语时一般不能省略,只有作宾语或表语时才可以,这是一条重要规则,我们必须遵守。但语法规则不可能概括所有的语言现象,因而总有一些例外情况。在定语从句中,省略作宾语或作表语的关系代词是一种常见的语言现象,但省略作主语的关系代词要受一些条件的限制。关系代词在定语从句中作主语时的省略主要有以下几种情形:

According to the rules of English grammar, relational pronouns can not be omitted when they are the subject in the attributive clause. Only when they are in the form of an object or an idiom is an important rule that we must obey. But grammar rules can not sum up all the language phenomenon, so there are always some exceptions. In attributive clause, omitted pronoun or object-relational pronoun is a common linguistic phenomenon, but omitting the subject pronoun is subject to a number of conditions. The relational pronoun ellipsis in the attributive clause as a subject when there are mainly the following situations: