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誤置修飾語 |
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誤置修飾語 所謂誤置修飾語(Misplaced Modifier),就是指放錯了位置的修飾語。在英語中,一般說來,修飾語應緊靠它所修飾的詞語,如果放錯了位置,就會造成意義上的誤解。如: ◆At the age of six my father began to teach me English. 析:將 at the age of six 置于句首,給人造成 my father 只有六歲的錯覺?煽紤]改為: My father began to teach me English when I was six. 請再看以下例句: ◆他差不多工作了一整天。 誤:He almost worked all day. 正:He worked almost all day. 析:以上誤句由于 almost 放在 worked 之前,其意為“差不多工作了 (但實際上未工作)”,不合原意。以下一句也屬同樣錯誤: ◆我們當中幾乎每一個人都讀過這本書。 正:Almost every one of us read the book. 誤:Every one of us almost read the book. 析:以上誤句由于 almost 放在 read 之前,其意為“差不多讀了 (但實際上沒有讀)”,不合原意。 又如以下一例: ◆A car drove down the street decked with ribbon. 句中的過去分詞短語decked with ribbon意思是“用緞帶裝飾起來的”,本來是修飾 car 的,而在句中用作修飾street,顯然是誤置了?筛臑椋 A car decked with ribbon drove down the street. 注意,誤置修飾語與偏斜修飾語或歧義修飾語(squinting modifier)不同,后者是指因在句中位置不當而導致語意歧義的修飾語。如:The girl who had been dancing gracefully entered the room. 在這一句中,修飾語gracefully是修飾dancing 還是entered?這兩種情況都有可能,為明確起見,可根據意義分別改為: The girl who had been gracefully dancing entered the room. 句中的gracefully 修飾dancing。 The girl who had been dancing entered the room gracefully. 句中的gracefully 只修飾entered。 |
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