[問題]delta key 第七回 文法_Q1

[ustoday]

delta key7-Q1
Around 1800 in the United States _______ fierce intellectual debate about the direction the new country was taking.
(A) a
(B) had
(C) when
(D) there was

ANS: D

我選A
題目解釋D的原因如下
The main clause needs a verb. There was is a "false" subject + verb structure. The true subject is debate.
Around 1800 in the United States there was fierce intellectual debate about the direction the new country was taking.

但我還是不了解
there was 後面不用加a 嗎?

[micki]

PUSH UP~~

[michelle610]

不可數名詞前面是不是可以不用加冠詞
會不會是這個原因呢

[nexxt0722]

因為本句中缺乏動詞,所以D的there was(虛主詞+BE動詞)是最合理的答案

據此,我們可以判斷debate在這裡應該是當不可數名詞用,所以前面可以不加冠詞

[HHC]

同上，debate在這裡當不可數名詞用。
原句子：Around 1800 in the United States there was fierce intellectual debate about the direction. 已為完整句子(主要子句)。後面的the new country was taking 是 direction 的形容詞子句。