说明
现在分词与 since
核心问题
《无敌英语语法》(高中版,海豚出版社,p.145)在讲分词短语作时间状语时指出:
“注意 在左述情况中只用 when, while 这两个词, since, as 不可以。”
请问 since 真的不能与分词短语连用吗？
词典解答
作“自从”解的 since 可以与分词短语连用,用作时间状语,以代替 since 引导的时间状语从句:
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Since phoning you this morning, I have changed my plans. = Since I phoned you this morning, I have changed my plans. 从今天早晨给你打了电话,我便改变了计划。
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Since arriving here, we have made many friends. 自从来到这里,我们交了许多朋友。
[附注]有的英语辞书将上面的 since 看作是介词。