主语从句中的what是不是在从句中作为happening的逻辑主语

问题描述

请问主语从句中的what是不是在从句中作为happening的逻辑主语？

What the company needs to avoid happening in the future is sales decreasing if clients stop feeling they're getting that treatment from happy, motivated staff here.

也就是 stop sb (from) doing sth的结构?

老师答疑

曹老师：

avoid后面不能接复合宾语，但可以接动名词复合结构。如：

They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.（《牛津高级词典》）。

由此可以造出下面这个句子：

The company needs to avoid this/its happening in the future. (this是动名词逻辑主语）

作者可能疏忽了，误将this看作宾语，造了一个what从句，将this隐含到what里了。结果成了一个病句。

其实这个句子去掉happenning就可以了。意思不变，结构正确。

刘老师：

你的意思是：what 作avoid 的宾语，还是happening 的逻辑主语（即： 构成动名词的复合结构）？

你能否提供这个句子的出处？

根据我涉猎的范围，avoid 没有类似 stop sb (from) doing sth. 这样的用法。它的动名词的逻辑主语一般是句子的主语。

陈老师：

What the company needs to avoid happening in the future is sales decreasing if clients stop feeling they are getting that treatment from happy, motivated staff here .

还原后为

The thing that the company needs to avoid happening in the future is sales decreasing if clients stop feeling they are getting that treatment from happy, motivated staff here .

逻辑不通，应该去掉happening就OK 了