[請益] were 改為 those 是否可以?

[trtr112 (pk)]

  想請教各位先進,


    Among the study participants over the age of 40, the sedentary were
    almost twice as likely to die during the course of the study than
    were participants who were highly active.


     以上這個句子中, 第三行 participants 前面的 were 可以改為 those 嗎?


     謝謝!

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推 Alphaplus: 我才疏學淺，我實在不知道為啥可以用were...
→ Alphaplus: 坐等大神解析
→ trtr112: 這題確實有點疑惑!
→ jamiejian: 原句:the sedentary were almost as likely to die
→ jamiejian: during the course of the study than the
→ jamiejian: participants who were highly active were
→ jamiejian: 因為副詞子句的主詞the participants帶有修飾語who
→ jamiejian: were highly active，所以會將子句裡的動詞were倒裝移
→ jamiejian: 到the participants之前
→ jamiejian: 你所謂的改成those只是將the participants改成those
→ jamiejian: participants，然後將子句的動詞were做省略
→ jamiejian: 所以並不是those和were只能二擇一
→ jamiejian: were在這裡會選擇倒裝是因為帶有修飾語的主詞太長了
→ trtr112: 請問j大, 那是說用 those 也可以嗎?但只是無倒裝, 對嗎?
→ jamiejian: 是的
→ peter98: 是  但是用those的話  後面participants就不要了  寫了
→ peter98: 也可以  但通常就是贅字一枚而已