[文法] what 的用法

作者: incredible (change)   2023-01-11 02:12:24
大家好,今天在 New York Times看到一句話:
Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, broke
into government buildings yesterday to protest what they falsely claim was a
stolen election.
請問此句後方的 "what they falsely claim was a stolen election"
為什麼不是寫成: "what they falsely claim to be/as a stolen election"
或是直接把 was 刪除, 變成 “what they falsely claim a stolen election"
這樣原句裡 what 作為插入句,裡頭不就有兩個動詞 claim 和 was
我會這樣理解,是因為類似的句子像是:
"If she wants to learn to do what she calls 'useful things'...
這裡的 what she calls 後面也沒加 are。
不知道該怎麼理解 "what they falsely claim was" 這樣的文法(看起來有2個動詞)?
謝謝
作者: stukpe (風)   2023-01-11 10:32:00
protest後面是一個名詞子句,故要有主詞、動詞,而名詞子句中what they falsely claim是主詞,was是動詞
作者: dunchee (---)   2023-01-11 21:56:00
claim和call的用法不是一樣。你問的句子的claim只接一個受詞(前頭的what),且整個what-clause裡頭又包了一個子句--共兩個子句你有困惑的那句裡頭的call接[受詞(前頭的what)+受詞補語](我剛查文馨字典),整個what-clause已經是完整的一個子句,一個動詞(calls)已經夠了更正: claim的受詞是that-clause,不是前頭的what。整個的what-clause仍是包含兩個子句,只是是另外的結構,有空我另外補充
作者: stukpe (風)   2023-01-12 11:25:00

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