[文法] 論壇中，外國網友回應的假設語態

[scju (QQ)]

大家好，請教一下

在英語論壇問了一個問題：

a. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that
Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him, I am
wondering if there is some reason?

b. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that
Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him; I am
wondering if there is some reason?

c. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that
Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him; I am
wondering if there is some reason.
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Which one is grammatical? Or all of them are acceptable?


網友AussieLexie回答：

I think C is the best of your three options. However, I would suggest the
following:

I know everyone should follow this rule. I am afraid Tom failed do so, but it
seems you don't want to warn him. I am wondering if there is a reason for
this.
.................................

I’ve removed ‘that’ x3 and tidied it up a little. You could use a question
mark at the end if you wanted to soften it.
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值得注意的是，他這句話

「You could use a question mark at the end if you wanted to soften it.」

是「現在事實相反」的假設語氣，我想他是針對於我已經寫了那句話的「事實」，
因此用這種假設語氣。

但如果用我們中文的思維，「如果想讓語氣變得比較婉轉，你可以在句子最後用問號」，
應該會用條件句的方式來寫，

「You can use a question mark at the end if you want to soften it.」

然而我覺得這是外國人和我們思維方式的差異，所以我如果想強調的是「以後」
發生這樣的情況，是不是就可以用條件句來表示呢？

我就回文說：

If I want to say next time when this may happen, can I say the following?

You can use a question mark at the end if you want to soften it next time.

但目前還沒有回應，因此想先來請教各位。謝謝。

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→ dunchee: "是「現在事實..."-> No.
→ dunchee: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/could
→ dunchee: -> 5 ... (4也是相關)
→ dunchee: Swan的Practical English Usage 書後Index找 past verb
→ dunchee: form, 最後一個in polite .....
→ dunchee: 或是將你的想法也在那邊問，增加練習英文機會
→ dunchee: 總之就是你想要"較不"禮貌，當然你的句子也行
好的，感謝D大，已詢問。
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報告D大，他們說是表示與現在事實相反的假設，而非禮貌用法@@a
※ 編輯: scju (1.169.74.161), 12/09/2017 09:38:42