关于the way he speaks

有一读者问: 有这样一道选择题:

(1)I don't like the way_________he speaks.

A. which B. how that C. what D. \

为什么选D?

the way是in the way in which的省略结构,可看作短语从属连词,常用在非正式文体中,再如:

(2)Do it the way you were taught.

(3)They don't write songs the way they used to.

亦可用the way that,如:

(4)I don't like the way that you laugh at her.

类似的短语从属连词还有the moment, the day等,实例如:

(5)I want to see him the moment he arrives.

(6)The day he returned home, his father was already dead.