“There be +分词+名词”:这是一种什么结构
前文讨论了“There be 结构”的三个问题,他们分别是:①“There be 结构”的非谓语形式;②“ There be 结构”的被动语态;③“ there be + no + doing”的用法
现在,网友提出了一种比较特殊的语言现象:“ There be+V-ing+名词”和“There be+V-ed+名词”,如何解释这种表达句式
讨论这个问题,我觉得比较有意义
网友援引了以下语法专著的权威例句:薄冰《薄冰英语语法》:1
There are now published millions of books very year in China
现在中国每年出版成百万册书
On the following day, there was held a splendid banquet
第二天大摆盛宴
张道真《实用英语语法》:1
There were runningin the garden agroup of children aged from seven to twelve
在花园里有一群七岁到十二岁的小孩在跑着
There was shown at the exhibition an electronic computer made in Shanghai
在展览会展出了一架上海制造的电子计算机
In the distance there was heard again the lowing of cattle
从远处又传来了牛叫声
钱歌川《英文疑难详解》:1
There was bore a child to them
他们喜获麟儿
Here, there were found various relics of Franklin’s expedition