Question

most of what has been

Most of what has been said about the Smiths__is____(be)also ture of the Johnsons
请问这句话的主语是从句还是短语。参考书的解释是 主语为从句，所以用is
而我觉得what has been said 作的是of的宾语，主语是most才对。
请问而我这样想对吗

Answer 1

你的想法不对。
如你所说的，如果 what has been said 是宾语，那is前面的所有是充当什么成分呢？谓语前的肯定是主语吧。most是个副词不能做主语，主语只能是名词，动名词，代词，短语或从句。所以Most of what has been said about the Smiths是由what引导的主语从句。
其实你不用想得太复杂的，只要找出谓语，谓语前是主语，谓语后是宾语或表语，这个是个大概念。

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most可以作代词
of what has been said about the Smiths是介词短语作most的定语
？？？

Answer 2

这句话的主语是Most of what has been said about the Smiths，中心部分是what has been said about the Smiths，这是一个从句，因而可以说主语是从句，但不是因此be动词才用is。用is的原因是主语所表达的含义是不可数的抽象名词，所以be动词用单数形式。如果像这句话"Most of whom he invited to his party -are- his old friends. 主语也是从句，但根据意思是复数，所以就用are了。

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1你的意思是 主语是从句，谓语不一定用单数 吗 2.most可以作代词
of what has been said about the Smiths是介词短语作most的定语这样想对不对，为什么
3我觉得 Most of whom he invited to his party -are- his old friends. 有问题，我会把此句翻译成 Most of people he invited to his party -are- his old friends.
或 Most of people whom he invited to his party -are- his old friends. 小弟才疏学浅，请多指教

Answer 3

这句话的主语应该是 Most of what has been said about the Smiths，而what没有界定数量，因而还是要用is

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主语是从句吗

追答

主语从句的定义是 作为主语的从句，Most of what has been said about the Smiths 不是一个完整的句子，并且有明确的含义，是为从句