专家:你们好!有这么一道题:
There used to be a church here, ________?
A. used there B. did there C. didn't there
答案给的是 C,可是我在徐广联主编的《大学英语语法》一书中说此类句子变反意疑问句时,后面应该是 wasn't there? 我有点迷惑了,到底哪个对呢?恳请专家帮助解答一下。谢谢!
沅老师:
▲used to 构成否定式和疑问式时有两种形式:一是借助助动词did(较口语化),二是直接将used用作助动词(较正式)。如:
He usedn’t [didn’t use] to come. 他过去不常来。
You used to go there, usedn’t [didn’t] you? 你过去常到那儿去,是吗?
有时还可见到以下这种混合表达式,但不是很常用:
Did you use(d) to be a teacher? 你过去是当老师的吗?
There used to be some trees in this field, use(d)n’t [didn’t] there? 这一片地曾有些树,是吗?
They didn’t use(d) to live here. 他们过去没住在这儿。
▲就你这道题来说,答案选 C,主要是因为前面的句子为肯定式,后面的反意疑问必须要用否定式,所以只能选 C。
There used to be a church here, ________?
A. used there B. did there C. didn't there
黎老师:
这道题所给的答案C. didn't there是正确的,而《大学英语语法》一书中说此类句子变反意疑问句时,后面应该是 wasn't there的说法是错误的。例如:There used to be some trees in this field, use(d)n't / didn't there ? (摘自 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English by A.S. Hornby, et al,1974,1988)这块地上以前有几棵树,是不是?