核心问题
I can't quite remember ____ you started doing the work. A. that it was when B. when it was that C. when was it that D. that was it when 我不知道哪个选项是正确的。请指教。
词典解答
答案为 B。我们在 cleft sentence 条中已经讲过疑问句形式的强调句。上面的 when it was that... 就是个间接疑问句形式强调句(强调的是 when)。但是,由于它用作 remember 的宾语从句,所以它的语序应采取从句的语序 when it was that,而不是 when was it that。 I don't know why it is that they don't like me. 我不知道他们为什么不喜欢我。