Question

请英语高手或英语语法高手进，8个句子分析，谢谢了。

1, usually we picture that day as far in the future.
问 ：far in the future是个固定搭配吗？far是什么词性？as是介词，为什么后可以用far in the future或说为什么后可以用far？
2.Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life.
问：does是强调？如果是，为什么does是放在整个句子前面，即放在主语前面？do/does表示强调时不是只强调谓语动词，然后就放在谓语动词前面吗？
3.Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.
问： so far as they were possible只要他们有可能。。。不明的是没见过so far as sb is/are possible。 虽然有so far as...possible但as后加的是副词或是形容词，这里怎么是后面加的是they are?
4.And after all it is with the common run of men that we writers have to deal.
(总之，作家要写的是普通人)
问：我知道这是强调句，但不明白的是为什么with要放在 the common run of men（普通人）的前面，不是应该放在deal 的后面吗？这个with可以这样提前的，好像没见过这个语法啊
5. discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails, his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos. （说明一下，原句是一个很长的句子，这里节选的是一个非谓语动词做伴随状语的分句。因为我认为前面剩下的分句不放在这里也没有影响到这个小分句的分析）（翻译:感受他如此强烈的同情心-即使对蜗牛也善待有加，发现他如此丰富的想象力-即使用零散的乐高玩具积木也能堆出太空飞船。:
问：so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails 和 so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.是不是so... that句型？为什么that可以被省略？我上网搜过了That是不能被省略的吧？
6.最后一个，not...nor是不是完全等同于neither...nor？
The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom,
其中 not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom是不是等于=
neither fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom

Answer 1

1.far in the future不是固定搭配，但是in the future是固定搭配。
far是副词，（时间）遥远、久远，起到修饰作用。
例如：far back in the past远古、在很久以前;far into the night到深夜
as是介词，不仅可以后接名词，根据句意需要也可以接其他词或词组。
例如：Rob had pictured her as kind of serious, but she wasn't like that at all.(kind of means rather,as 后面的中心词是serious adj.) 洛布以为自己很严肃，但是她根本不像她以为的那样。
参考资料： Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 1995年版

2.Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life.
does在此处是倒装中的助动词，构成部分倒装。
原理是：表示方式、程度的副词位于句首时长倒装。
例如：
Well do I remember the day I saw her first.我对第一次见到她那一天记忆犹新。
Gladly would I accept your proposal.我很高兴接受你的建议。
do/does/did + do(动词原形)是对谓语动词的强调，是两码回事。
例如：I do love you.我真的爱你。
参考资料：大学英语语法讲座与测试 第三版 P792

3.so far as they were possible 是存在的，不足为怪。
例如：As/So far as I know,.... As/So far as they are concerned,...
建议您多查阅各种字典，对as的用法的例句深入体会，相信定会有大的收获。
参考资料：英华大词典 P82 as

4....it is with the common run of men that we writers have to deal.
=....it is the common run of men hat we writers have to deal with .
deal作为不及物动词本意就有“处理、对待、应付”等含义，如果想接宾语，就要接介词。也就是说deal本身就和deal with的含义相同，只不过是及物或不及物而已，不会对意群产生影响，在这种情况下强调时可以分开。
参考资料：朗文当代高级英语词典第二版

5.是so... that句型。
discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails
= discovering his compassion so deep that it manifests even in his kindness to snails
so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.
=so vivid that he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.
that可以被省略，这种现象是很常见的。
参见资料：英华大词典P1458 so用法：8.关联副词so（...）that结构 如此......以致 ；以便，为了 口语常将that 省略。

6.not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom=
neither fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom
参考资料：朗文当代高级英语词典第二版P1009 neither用法

追问

非常感谢，但第四个问题还是有点不明白 .it is with the common run of men that we writers have to deal. 这个强调句中，既然deal=deal with，那是不是原句也等于it is the common run of men hat we writers have to deal .？ 还有，语法规定可以在强调句中强调宾语时把动词+介词结构中的介词，也即本题中的with提前？怎么我觉得怪怪的，好像没见过这个用法？

追答

在意思上deal和deal with同意，但在用法上，当有宾语出现时，要用deal with，如果使with 和名词连用，则是强调句型对介词短语进行强调，不足为奇。还有问题吗？

Answer 2

这三道语法题都是我不会做的，高手帮我逐项（下面括号内的）分析下，这些这个句型也要牢记，熟悉了就很好判断。 第三题和第一题一样，换一下语序