※ 引述《DreamerSun (都利姆桑)》之铭言： : 前辈好！ : 小弟最近对於以下文法卡好久，一直想不通， : A) I will show him who is the boss. : B) I don't know who he is. : 请问这两句 who 後面的动词位置不一样的原因是？ : 为何 A) 不是 who the boss is? : 谢谢大家！ 可以直接看上色图片版https://i.imgur.com/tVl72P0.jpg 因为懒得在BBS里上色XD 以下是文字版 ---- A) I will show him who is the boss. B) I don't know who he is. 1.这两句的都是名词子句。 2. I will show him who is the boss.这句後面的who is the boss并没有倒装，因为 who本来就是主词，诚如s831111所说的： 问：Who（主词）is the boss? 答：Tom（主词）is the boss. ---- 参考 Practical English Usage 3rd. 278.7 Questions beginning "who/what/which + be" can ask for a subject or a complement. Compare: 以who ;what ; which+ be 开头的疑问句可就主语或补语进行提问。试比较： Who is the best player here? 谁是这儿最好的选手？ (This asks for a subject: a possible answer is John is the best player here.) （这是就主语进行提问：可能的回答是John is the best player here） What is the time? (This asks for a complement: a possible answer is The time is 4.30, NOT 4.30 is the time.) （这是就补语进行提问：可能的回答是The time is 4.30，不能说：4.30 is the time.) When we report the first kind of question (where "who/what/which + be" asks for a subject), two word orders are possible. 在转述第一种疑问句（这里的who / what / which + be 就主语进行提问）时，有两种可 用的词序。 DIRECT: Who's the best player here? INDIRECT: She asked me who was the best player. She asked me who the best player was. DIRECT: What's the matter? INDIRECT: I asked what was the matter. I asked what the matter was. DIRECT: Which is my seat? INDIRECT: She wondered which was her seat. She wondered which her seat was. This does not happen when "who/what/which" asks for a complement. 当who/what/which 就补语进行提问时，则只能有一种语序： DIRECT: What's the time? INDIRECT: She asked what the time was. (NOT USUALLY She asked what was the time.) （通常不能说：She asked what was the time.) ---- 回到本题： ※I will show him who is the boss. 这句的问句是who is the boss? 明显问的是「问句中的主词/主语who」，回答可能是 Tom (is the boss.)（因为这个问句中的主词在回答时也是主词，因此写成间接问句时， 语序就不需要变动，本来就是「主词+动词」的顺序。） 不过若照Practical English Usage的说法，问「主词/主语」时，可以有两种间接问句写 法： I will show him who is the boss. I will show him who the boss is. ※I don't know who he is. 这句的问句是Who is he? 问的是「问句中的主词补语he」，回答可能是He is the boss. （因为这个问句中的主词补语he，在回答时变成主词了，因此写成间接问句时，语 序需要变动，要把he放到is前面，写成I don't know who he is.这样才是「主词+动词」 的顺序，而who在这里就是名词子句连接词） 照Practical English Usage的说法，问主词补语时只能有一种写法：I don't know who he is. --

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