推 hopeliu:Orz~ 謝t大~ 05/18 00:48
>>推 hopeliu:好奇如果是英系學者，怎麼看待原先的語境？ 05/17 23:54
Concerning the sentence 'What would you do when you were bitten
by a snake?' someone poses a scenario below and believes
'when' in (1) is grammatical and is Standard English, to express
a hypothetical or counterfactual meaning:
[ http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1366231612.A.EAD.html
l10nel's post on Apr 18 cited ]
BUt, I think the when clause in (1) is ungrammatical (or non-standard)
even though I might guess that is probably an IF clause. When, in
reality, hearing (1) I WILL say, what do you mean by that? ... 'when
you were bitten by a snake?' wut???
May I have your judgment regarding the when clause in (1)?
以下是英國牛津大學、劍橋大學的教授與院士
6.
'when' used that way is not standard English and is ungrammatical, though
it's certain a locution often heard.
Professor John Kerrigan
Faculty of English
University of Cambridge
7.
1 is ungrammatical. You need to say if you were bitten.
Professor Peter De Bolla
Faculty of English
University of Cambridge
8.
As a native UK speaker of English I would agree that the 'when' in clause 1
is not Standard English.
Charlotte Brewer
Professor of English Language and Literature
University of Oxford
9.
You are right, 1) is ungrammatical - it should be 'if'.
Fiona Stafford
Fellow and Professor in English Language and Literature
University of Oxford
10.
'when' in the example is both non-standard, and non-grammatical.
David Womersley
Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society
Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
University of Oxford
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