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a. 一個句子若出現有兩個動詞, 這兩個動詞應有連接詞and連接。故上列例句本可寫成如下列句子:
She blamed the fault on the tree, and said that
she...
b. 但有時作者故意不使用and連接兩個動詞, 以表示兩個動作同時發生。此時應將第二個動詞變成現在分詞, 形成分詞片語, 稱作主詞補語。故上句可將and省略, 並將第二個動詞said改成現在分詞saying。故可改成如本文的句子, 即:
She blamed the fault on the tree, saying that
she...
又例: He sat there read a newspaper. (╳)
→He sat there reading a newspaper. (○)
他坐在那裡看報紙。
注意:
這種分詞片語形成的主詞補語之前通常無逗點, 如上例:
He sat there reading a newspaper.
但有些分詞片語卻須置逗點, 以免造成句意錯誤, 如本文最後一句之saying之前非要有逗點不可, 若無逗點, 會造成saying修飾之前名詞the tree的錯誤聯想。即:
She blamed the fault on the tree saying that
she... (╳)
=She blamed the fault on the tree which said
that she... (╳)
她把她的錯歸罪於那棵樹，那棵樹說她……
c. 兩個動詞無連接詞連接, 而第二個動詞為be動詞時, 亦應變成現在分詞being之後, 再將being予以省略。
例: He died was young. (╳)
(being)
→He died young. (○)
(他英年早世。)
又例: I left home was a child and came back was
(being)(being)
an old man. (╳)
→I left home a child and came back an old
man. (○)
(少小離家老大回。)
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