I'd like to live somewherethe sunshines all year long.題目的答案是where。然而問題是,這是一個錯句。你知道其錯誤原因嗎?
where兼有多種詞性。在「Where are you going?與「Where do you come from?這兩個句子中,
where分別充當副詞和代詞。有時,其詞性變化並不影響句子的正誤。比如,中國學生常用Where are you going? where作副詞。而很多英美人卻習慣說Where are you going to? where為代詞。
由some和where構成的somewhere具有雙重詞性:副詞或代詞。例如:
He lost it somewhere between here and the station.
I'll think of somewhere to stay.
somewhere進行修飾時,只有在它充當代詞作先行詞時才可行如:
I know somewhere(where)you can eat Japanese food.
本文開頭提到的句子中,somewhere同時兼有兩種詞性。在句子的前半部分I'd like to live
somewhere...,是副詞(注意:副詞是不能用定語從句來修飾的);而在句子的後半部分...somewhere where the sun shines all year long當中,somewhere則搖身一變,成為代詞。因此,原句宜改為:
I'd like to visit somewhere where the sun shines all year long.
或:
I'd like to live in the place where the sun shines all year long.