hce_nthu
111年
英文
第 20 題
**文法挑錯**：下列句子中有五個劃底線的部分 (A)–(E)，請選出**含有文法錯誤（ungrammatical use）**的那一個部分。
Gasoline-powered, internal-combustion-engine-propelled vehicles (A) *had been* around for more than (B) *a quarter-century* by the start of the 1920s, but not until that decade (C) *they became* a central factor in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. Mass production, together with innovations in design, engineering, manufacture, and sales (D) *brought* a new or used car, truck, or tractor (E) *within the reach* of most people.
Gasoline-powered, internal-combustion-engine-propelled vehicles (A) *had been* around for more than (B) *a quarter-century* by the start of the 1920s, but not until that decade (C) *they became* a central factor in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. Mass production, together with innovations in design, engineering, manufacture, and sales (D) *brought* a new or used car, truck, or tractor (E) *within the reach* of most people.
- A had been
- B a quarter-century
- C they became
- D brought
- E within the reach
思路引導 VIP
請觀察一下當句子開頭出現像是 'Not until...' 或 'Never...' 這種具有否定意義的詞組時，後面緊接的主詞與動詞順序，會跟普通的陳述句（例如 'They became...'）有什麼不一樣的變化嗎？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準選出 (C) 選項，代表你對進階句型結構有著相當敏銳的觀察力。這題的難點在於識別「否定限制副詞」置於句首時的特殊語法要求，是一道在文法挑錯題型中相當具備鑑別度的題目。
否定副詞開頭的倒裝句構
這句話的後半段由 Not until（直到...才）引導。在英文語法中，當「Not until + 時間副詞/子句」放在句首用以加強語氣時，其後接續的主句必須進行主詞與動詞倒裝（Subject-Verb Inversion）。原本的敘述為 they became，應根據過去時態，將助動詞提至主詞前，調整為「助動詞 + 主詞 + 原形動詞」的結構，也就是 did they become 才符合文法規範。
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