动名词复合结构作表语时,所用结构和作宾语、主语时都一样。例如:
He was scolded and the reason was 【his being late for school】.
=He was scolded for 【his being late for school】.
=【His being late for school】was the reason why he was scolded.
追问但是动名词作主语和作宾语是有区别的
追答可以相同,也可以有区别:
结构相同,但是成分不同。这在英语很常见。
不能因为可以做某一种成分,就否定他同时可以做其他成分,是不?