英语长句分析,较难,However,it is common to hear assertions of the kind " if you were left on a desert island a few seed potatoes would be more useful to you than a million pounds" as though this proved somthing important about money except the undeniable fact that it would not be of much use to anyone in a situation where very few of us are at all likely to find ourselves.if引导的是虚拟从句,但是为什么proved也用过去式.第二个it在句中做什么成分?
英语长句分析,较难,
However,it is common to hear assertions of the kind " if you were left on a desert island a few seed potatoes would be more useful to you than a million pounds" as though this proved somthing important about money except the undeniable fact that it would not be of much use to anyone in a situation where very few of us are at all likely to find ourselves.
if引导的是虚拟从句,但是为什么proved也用过去式.
第二个it在句中做什么成分?
问题1：主语是假设的情况
问题2：形式主语
if引导虚拟从句的时候用的时态要看主句的时态的.简单的说就是比主句再退后个时态.比如说主句是一般现在.从句就要一般过去了.
你说的是哪个IT.it would not be of much use to anyone in a situation where very few of us are at all likely to find ourselves. 这个里的it吗?它跟that引导的是个从句.it代替了前边那个长句.做的是形式主语~
as though （或as if) 引导的从句是虚假内容,用过去时和现在时的情况都有,例：I\'m treated as if I were a spy.I\'m treated as if I\'m the enemy of the government.我个人理解,前后时态不一致,大概能更好地强调...