核心问题
“[误]West Lake is where we spend our summers.
[正] West Lake is the place where we spend our summers.
[译文]西湖是我们度过夏天的地方。
[解释] where 可作关系副词,引导定语从句:She moved to Paris, where she lived for five years. (她迁居巴黎,在那里住了五年。)也可作连接副词,引导状语从句:Put it where we can all see it. (把它放在我们都看得见的地方。)
但它不能像在误句中那样引导表语从句。所以要在误句中先加上表语 the place, 然后再把 where 引导的句子置于其后, 作为定语从句, 对 the place 起说明作用。”(《英语正误详解词典》, 复旦大学出版社, p. 742)
该书作者说,where 不能引导表语从句。但是我在教科书中却读到了下面的句子：
词典解答
该书的解答是错误的,所谓的误句是完全正确的句子,见where , when , wh-clause 。请看下面的例证: The West Wing is where the Oval Office is located... (Hillary, Living History) 西翼是总统椭圆形办公室的所在之处……
练习题
请做下面的英语试题：
Our clavichord is kept in the living room. That's where we ____ it.
A. kept B. have kept C. are keeping D. keep(NCE)