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It is sure that     

【问】 It isn’t quite____(A. sure B. right C. certain D. exact)that he will be present atthe meeting.(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题,1984年)

标准答案为C。这是不是意味着It is sure that的用法在英语里是错误的?

【答】 实际上,在英语里也使用It is sure that这个句型。R. Quirk等人在A ComprehensiveGrammar of the English Language(第18.36节)中就曾指出过:

“It’s impossible to deal with him. ~He’s impossible to deal with.

……

There is a similar construction for be sure,be certain,seem ,appear,be said,be known,etc,except that in these cases the corresponding construction with anticipatory it requires athat-clause,not a to-infinitive clause,and except also that it is the subject of the extraposedclause that is fronted:

It's certain that we'll forget the address. ~We're certain to forget the address.It seems that you've made a mistake.~You seem to have made a mistake. ”

(“be sure,be certain,seem,appear,be said,be known等也有相类似的结构,只是在这里含有先行词it的相对应的结构要求一个that从句,而不是要求带to的不定式,而且it是提到句首的外位从句的主语:

It's certain that we'll forget the address.

~We're certain to forget the address. ”)

这说明It's sure that结构是英语里正常的句型。

但是,也有人持相反的观点。例如,Longman Dictionary Of American English的编者们明确地指出:Sure cannot be used of events. (sure不能用于事件。)并说下列句中的certain绝不可换为sure:

It is certain that he will come.

我认为,象这种在语言学家之中尚有争议的用法,不应该做为考试项目。


赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第1131-1132页.
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