這邊是動名詞，還是分詞片語?
There's no evidence of people ever living here --- cave bears, yes, but not humans.
請問這句中的living是動名詞嗎？小弟本來以為是分詞片語，省略了who lived
但好像不是這樣？
2 則回答
1，首先需判別動名詞與分詞區別，分詞是動詞的一部份，而動名詞詞性與名詞相同
2，本句還原為There's no evidence of people (are)ever living here --- cave bears, yes, but not humans.在介詞of後需用名詞性貭字，片語或子句，那麼本句living必須是分詞，其邏輯主詞為people,
There is -----S+v
no evidence of people-----adj. phrase
if ever-----adv
living here--------present participle as adj to "people"
The answer:-Yes, cave bears, but not humans.
who lived-----pronoun"who" as the subject of verb"lived" to add more information about people.
ie:-
There's no evidence of people "having lived" here, if ever.-----(living changed to participle=having lived) is a better construction.