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在第一段的第七行 At first thought it seems incredible that there can be enough space in the "solid" ground underfoot to hold all this water.
https://imgur.com/a/VvRg5Nr
At first thought第一眼看起來像是介系詞片語作為時間副詞修飾一整句話(it seems….all this water)
接下來it seems incredible that… 我查閱過資料後看似十分像分裂句(https://reurl.cc/QLolqZ)
Cambrige English的Grammar for IELTS裡雖然沒有分裂句這個條目但第186頁裡有類似的
https://imgur.com/a/M0Al9FS
azar的understanding and using english grammar 4/e中文版第322頁也有相似條目
https://imgur.com/a/RTvOGqy
但仔細思考後,覺得就像azar書中說的一樣,也許that子句後才是該強調的重點:
there can be enough space in the "solid" ground underfoot to hold all this water.
there我個人認為應該是underground
can be情態助動詞+原型動詞
受詞enough space
所以應該可以看成there is enough space後面接了一堆修飾的東西
in the "solid" ground underfoot應是介系詞片語作形容詞修飾enough space
to hold all this water為不定詞片語作形容詞修飾enough space
