tell(sb) 后面可以跟 that(if, whether, what, when , where, which, why, who, whom, whose, how, whatever, whichever, whenever, however, whoever等)引导的宾语从句。
注意事项:
1、当that 引导宾语从句时, that可以省略。例如:
He said (that) he was leaving for Japan. 他说他要去日本。
2、引导宾语从句的that在下列情况下一般不省略:
(1)宾语从句前有插入语。例如:
We hope, on the contrary, that he will stay at home with us.
恰恰相反,我们希望他和我们呆在家里。
(2)有间接宾语时。例如:
He told me that he was leaving for Japan.
他告诉我他要去日本。
(3)有两个或两个以上that引导的宾语从句时, 第一个that可省略,其余的不能省略。例如:
He said (that) the book was very interesting and that(不省略) all the children like to read it.
他说那本书很有趣,所有小孩都喜欢读。
(4)在“it(形式宾语)+补语”之后时。例如:
I think it necessary that he should stay here.
我们认为他有必要留在这里。
(5)that从句单独回答问题时。例如:
What did he hear?
他听说了什么事