亲爱的读者:你们好!最近有一读者说:高中英语第一册第212页有这样一句话:(1)There,on the shore,were nine savages,sitting round a fire.我认为这里的分词短语 sitting round a fire 是一定语,但有人则认为是一主语补足语,不知您的看法如何?答:这里的分词短语 sitting round a fire 之前如无逗号,问题就简单了,自然应作为定语看。但当这种分词短语之前有了逗号时,语法家们的看法就不一致了。有的认为它是非限制性定语(这恐怕是为初学者最容易接收的),有的则 Dear Readers, How are you! Recently, there is a reader who says: There is such a sentence on page 212 of the first volume of high school English: (1) There, on the shore, were nine savages, sitting round a fire. round a fire is a certain language, but some people think it is a subject complement language, I do not know what you think? A: here before the word phrase sitting round a fire without a comma, the problem is simple, nature should be seen as an attributive. But when there was a comma before the participle phrase, the grammar’s opinion was not the same. Some think it is non-restrictive (I am afraid it is the easiest for beginners to receive), while others