【问】 (A) I can’t imagine my mother approving! (B) I can’t imagine my mother’s approving! 动名词的逻辑主语是用名词的普通格,还是用名词的所有格呢? 【答】 粗略地说,在正式语体中,动名词的逻辑主语用名词的所有格(属格),在非正式语体中用名词的普通格(主格)。但是实际上事情并非如此简单。因此,在具体运用中,还要注意以下各点: A.当名词或名词短语不是指人时,一般使用主格形式: 1. Every chemical change either results from energy being used to produce the change,or it causes energy to be given off in some form 每种化学变化或者是利用了能量而产生,或者是这种变化使得能量以某种形式释放出来。 2. I didn't know about the weather being so awful in this area. 我原来不知道这个地区的天气这么糟。 B.如果名词或名词短语很长并需要几个属格,即使它是指人的,也常常使用主格,而避免使用属格: 1. Do you remember Mary and her mother coming to see us last June? (CGEL) 你还记得玛丽和她母亲去年六月份来看过我们吗? 2. Do you remember the students and teachers protesting against the new rule? (CGEL)你还记得学生和教师抗议新规章的事吗? C.当动名词的逻辑主语是复数名词时,一般用主格: Do you object to political action committees (instead of committees') underwriting candi-dates campaigns? 你是否反对政治行动委员会承担侯选人竞选运动的费用? D.当逻辑主语与动名词被其他词语分割时,一般用主格: I remember mother once telling us a story about the fox. 我记得妈妈有一次曾给我讲过一个狐狸的故事。 E.当动名词的逻辑主语是everything,something,someone时,一般用主格: They complained about everything going wrong. 他们抱怨一切事情都出了毛病。