《新编大学英语.活页》第1册,41面第1大题,第 8小题为这么一句话:
I'd like to live somewherethe sunshines all year long.题目的答案是where。然而问题是,这是一个错句。你知道其错误原因吗?
where兼有多种词性。在“Where are you going?与“Where do you come from?这两个句子中,
where分别充当副词和代词。有时,其词性变化并不影响句子的正误。比如,中国学生常用Where are you going? where作副词。而很多英美人却习惯说Where are you going to? where为代词。
由some和where构成的somewhere具有双重词性:副词或代词。例如:
He lost it somewhere between here and the station.
I'll think of somewhere to stay.
somewhere进行修饰时,只有在它充当代词作先行词时才可行如:
I know somewhere(where)you can eat Japanese food.
本文开头提到的句子中,somewhere同时兼有两种词性。在句子的前半部分I'd like to live
somewhere...,是副词(注意:副词是不能用定语从句来修饰的);而在句子的后半部分...somewhere where the sun shines all year long当中,somewhere则摇身一变,成为代词。因此,原句宜改为:
I'd like to visit somewhere where the sun shines all year long.
或:
I'd like to live in the place where the sun shines all year long.