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問: 形容詞補語?真主詞?
(1) I am disappointed that this has not been possible.我很失望這是不可能的。
(2) It was disappointing that some theatres have refused to take part in the My Theatre Matters campaign.令人失望的是，一些劇院拒絕參加“我的劇院事務”活動。

解: that clause (1) = adv = adj complement (2) = N = real subject
(1) 人 be adj + that 子句
(2) It is adj + that 子句

重點: 不定詞/動名詞/現在分詞/過去分詞用法?

	N	adj	ad
to V	infinitive	infinitive	infinitive
Ving	gerund	present participle	present participle [1] 形容詞補語 [2] 分詞構句
Vpp		past participle	past participle

There’s a shop on that road.
There’s the shop on that road.
However, we can use a definite noun phrase with ‘there’ when there means ‘in that place’.
There’s the book I was looking for! (=In that place is the book I was looking for.)
There’s Lucy. (=Lucy is in that place.)

問:
( )1. The new law made to get a divorce easier.
( )2. The new law made getting a divorce easier.
( )3. The new law made it easier to get a divorce.
( )4. The new law made it easier getting a divorce.
( )5. The new law made easier to get a divorce.

( )6. I find it amazing that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish.
( )7. I find amazing that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish.
( )8. I find that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish amazing.
( )9. What I find amazing is that anyone would want to listen to such rubbish.

解:
(O) The new law made it easier to get a divorce. [it是直接受詞”direct object”, to get a divorce是副詞,是語意上的”extraposed object 外置受詞”/”real object真受詞”。]
(X) The new law made to get a divorce easier. [to V表”abstract/unreal”,和這句主詞the new law不符]
(O) The new law made getting a divorce easier. [Ving表”concrete/real”]

(O) I find it amazing that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish.
我發現任何人都想听這樣的垃圾真是太神奇了。
(X) I find amazing that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish.
(O) I find that anyone should want to listen to such rubbish amazing.
[太正式也太老式too formal or old fashioned,建議用it]
(O) What I find amazing is that anyone would want to listen to such rubbish.
我覺得很神奇的是，任何人都想聽這些垃圾。[What I find amazing是主詞補語]
上述答案對的是貳參.陸捌玖