if only为何可以引导非真实条件句单独成句? 如:
Ifonly she would try again. 假如她能再试一次就好了。
Ifonly you had come to my birthday party. 你如果来了我的过生日晚会就好了。
假如ifonly是从属连词,由if only引导的用法虚拟语气的句子为何没主句?
ifonly...! 可以看作是一种惯使用方法。依据M.Swan的Practical EnglishUsage的说法,它表示一种愿望,比wish语气更强。Ifonly 引导的从句常常独立成句。如:
Ifonly I knew more people!
但也可以不独立成句。该书提供了两个有主句的例句:
1.If only it would sTOP raining, we would go out.
2.If only she hadn't told the police, everything would have been all right.
注意ifonly 单独成句时,句尾一般要用感叹号。不少词典都将ifonly归为习语,如 the freedictionary, Cambridge Dictionary 等。既然是习惯使用方法就不必深究为何可以没主句了。