Re: [文法] whose的用法
※ 引述《l10nel (小失)》之銘言：
: 本文旨在總結以下這考題所引起的多種看法。雖非最近的話題，但覺得當時的討論沒結果
: ，懸在那裡，故在此整理，以資參考。
: 問題句：They were the Boy Scouts whose job it is to help elderly people cross
: the street.
: 1. it 什麼作用？可不可省？
: :作者: tijj (my two cents) 看板: Eng-Class 標題: Re: [文法] whose的用法
: :時間: Fri Jan 20 10:42:10 2012
: :這裡的it可以省略, 是否為非限定或限定,並不是差在有無it (或有無comma).
※ 引述《l10nel (小失)》之銘言：
: 這裡的 it 不可省略，雖然 it 有無和關係子句限定/非限定無關。後有詳述。
: （1） The Boy Scouts' job is to help elderly people cross the street.
: 意義：童子軍的工作即是/主要是扶老人過馬路。
: （隱含：A's job is B 這句型，通常意味著是 B 是唯一工作，若非唯一，至少也是主要
: 工作。）
: => 因此，這句的表達方式不通，因為我們知道，童子軍的工作顯然不只是扶人過馬路，
: 其主要工作也不是這個。
: 結論：（1）因帶有「唯一工作」暗示，不通。其他的（2）和（3）皆可。
:
: 結論：
: They were the Boy Scouts whose job it is to help elderly people cross the
: street.
: （1）此句 it 不可省。it 的有無決定有沒有「唯一工作」隱義。
嗯.
聽聽教授怎麼說.
主旨: "it" canNOT be omitted ?
去信:
Professor Mao,
I have some questions about linguistics.
(1) They were the Boy Scouts, whose job it is to help elderly people cross
the street.
(2) I want a President, whose job is to keep the machine of State in fine
whack.
"it" cannot be omitted; otherwise, native speakers would think that Boy
Scouts' ONLY or MAIN job is to help elderly people cross the street.
回信:
I don't think that in any of these cases a native speaker would think that
the point is that the subject's main or only job is the task indicated. I
suppose the "it" could clarify a bit in some cases. But it's not necessary.
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Douglas
Department of English
Johns Hopkins University
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