The story (he told)us last night is very interesting 为什么不用that was told或which he was told?

题目

The story (he told)us last night is very interesting 为什么不用that was told或which he was told?

答案

that 和which 是用于连接两句句子. 但这句本身就是一个完整句子,而且清晰表达意思,没有必要再用连接词.
两句句子: The story is very interesting. He told me that story last night. 把这两句句子连接起来 就变成 : The story that he told me last night is very interesting. 但在此句子中,that 这个连接词并不是必须的,句子的前后关系很明确,而且是个短句子. 所以 that 用不用都可以.
但如果在这个句子中再多加一层意思,那么就需要用连接词了. 比方说,我们要再这个句子中加入对这个故事的描述: The story he told me last night which is talk about the World-War-II is very interesting. 在这句中,which 就是不可省略的了, 他连接了两句句子,把他并成一句. 如果没有which,这句子就只能分成两句来讲. which that when who whom whoes where 都是连接词, 只有当他们在句子中不能被省略时,使用才有意义,否则就不需要用...就像你说的句子,是可以不用的.
另外, that was told 这个用法不准确, was 是"linking verb" ; told 是"verb" 一句句子中, 不能出现两个动词. 你可以说 that told , that was ,但that was told 的用法不正确...换成句子, The story he was told me last night. 就是个病句了,
我不会讲那么多专有名词来解释,这是我自己的一点经验啦...希望有用.