Question

这句话有哪些语法错误？

1. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, what is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell them what’s happening.

Answer 1

这句话有两个语法错误：

• “what is why”应该改为“which is why”，因为这里是用来解释原因的从句，应该使用“which”引导非限制性定语从句。

• “let outside experts tell them what’s happening”应该改为“let outside experts tell them what’s happening there”，因为在这个上下文中，需要指出正在发生的事情发生的位置或领域，需要加上“there”。

改正后的句子如下：
Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell them what’s happening there.

Answer 2

what改成which引导非限制性定语从句，which代替前面主句的事，而what不引导定语从句。