英语语法Inthenineteenthcentury,anovelistwouldbringhisstorytoaconclusionbypresentinghisreaderswithaseriesofcoincidences----mostofthemwildlyimprobable.(NCE3--L36)在mostofthem与wildlyimprobable之间为什么要省掉

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英语语法
In the nineteenth century,a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences----most of them wildly improbable.(NCE3--L36)
在most of them与 wildly improbable之间为什么要省掉系动词were?

Answer 1

我觉得.
因为后面的只是一个短语而不是句子啊.
如果用were,原句就需要改成most of which were wildly improbable