主语从句有三类:
1. 由what 等代词引起的主语从句:
这类从句可由三类代词引起:
l)what(关系代词型的what):
What you need is more practice.
你需要的是更多的练习。
What I saw made me mad.
我看到的情况使我非常生气。
2) Whatever:
Whatever I have is yours, too.
我有的一切也都是你的。
Whatever has been said here must be kept secret .
这里说的一切话都必须保密。
3) Whoever:
Whoever comes will be welcome.
谁来都欢迎。
Whoever wants it may have it.
谁要都可以给他。
2.由that引起的主语从句(that有时可以省略):
这类主语从句大多数用先行词作it 形式上的主语,而把真正的主语放到句子后部,以保持句子的平稳(a),也有少数直接用这种从句作主语,不用it (b):
a. It's a pity (that)you can't come.
真遗憾你不能来。
It seemed she had got the job.
看来她已得到这份工作了。
b. That she is still a live is a consolation.
她还活着,这是使人宽慰的。
That Shelley became a poet may have been due to his mothers influence.
雪莱成为诗人可能是受他母亲的影响。
3.由连接代词或连接副词及whether 引起的主语从句:
这类从句可以直接放在句首(a),也可以放到后部,前面用先行词it 作形式上的主语(b):
a.Who are to be sent there will be discussed at the next meeting.
究竟派谁去将在下次会上讨论。
I am going anyway. Whether or not she will go is up to her to decide.
不管怎样我是要出的,她去不去由她自己决定。
b. It was a mystery how the burglar got in.
小偷怎么进去的是一个谜。
It won't make too much influence whether he will joinus.
他是否参加不会有多人影响。