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1. The man used what he had to buy his wife a diamond ring.“What he had” is a noun clause. We can substitute the noun clause with a noun e.g. “the money”. The infinitive “to buy” is there to tell us for what purpose he used the money. The man used the money to buy his wife a diamond ring. Does it sound much better to you now? 2. It was a pity that the great writer died with his work unfinished.The preposition “with” is used in this sentence to bring out the status of some related thing (his works) when he died. The word “unfinished” is an adjective describing the status of his works when he died. 3. The flowers __________ sweet in the botanical garden attract the visitors to the beauty of the nature. A. to smell B. smelling C. smelt D. to be smelt A is an infinitive. B is a present participle. C is a past participle or past tense. D is an infinitive in passive voice.Although we can say “the soup tastes good”, “the house looks nice to me” or “the flowers smells sweet”, “the flowers smelling sweet” sounds weird to me. It is much better to say “the sweet smelling flowers”.

2010-12-24 16:29:02 補充：
Sorry guys, I have made a typing mistake. I have accidentally typed "the nature". It should be "... the beauty of Nature".

1.the man used what he had_to get__his wife a diamond ring選擇A的原因是什麼-

It means the man used what he had saved to buy (to get) his wife a dimaond ring.
2.it was a pity that the great writer died_with__his works unfinished.這個選擇B原因是什麼 = with...... is a phrase telling is more about what had happened after the man's death.

It was a pity that the great writed died before his works had finished.
3.the flowers__smelling_sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.smelling sweet is telling us more about the flowerrs. - smelling ..... is an adjective phrase - telling us more about the flowers

1) The man used what he had,,,, to get his wife a diamond ring.
"Had" here is a main verb just like word "saved" in past tense.

2) "with" is the most appropriate b'coz the rest aren't.
with = together

3) C and D are past tenses; something smelt sweet (e.g :2 years ago) won't presently attract vistors today.
The flowers to smell sweet sound wrong b'coz.....flowers got no noses
Ans : B = Best

1. Let's do some grouping of parts of speech first to improve understanding of the sentence.
The man = subject
used = action verb
what he had = object (in form of a relative clause)
"The man used what he had" forms an independent clause first. An independent clause consists of at least a subject and a verb. Here we can find a subject-verb-object structure.
Do not use past participle because it causes confusion with 'had'. Use past participle with 'had' will make past perfect tense. The sentence does not make sense with 'had got' or 'had bought'. Verb to have adhere to to-infinitive, so the answer is A (to get). D is incorrect because it is bare infinitive. Bear in mind that no bare infinitive after all forms of 'have'.
2. The preposition follows a noun or verb brings different meanings to the colloation.
died for: died because of something
died from: the cause of death
died of: the cause of death
died with: died and something else's status (狀況)
3. Answer B. Post-modifier present participle (smelling) marks the continuing effect.
The flowers smelling sweet in the botanical garden attract visitors to the beauty of nature. (word 'botanic' does not exist)
Not a past participle (smelt) post-modifier indicates an ended effect. Therefore, 'smelt' is incorrect.
The flowers cannot be the action inducer. So, 'to smell' is incorrect.

The flowers to be smelt sweet in the botanical garden. (Correct)
The flowers to be smelt sweet in the botanical garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature. (Correct yet not the best option: using to-infinitive post-modifier is wordy)