想請教各位先進,
有一個句子:
This place has no real valley, Lazaridis says of Waterloo, and very little
silicon. But he believes it can become what he describes as the
world’s “quantum hub.”
請問我可以說:
This place has no real valley when Lazaridis says of Waterloo,and…. (加入
when, 去掉velley 之後的逗點).
這樣的改法是可以的嗎?
謝謝!

跟語氣或意見表達相關的動詞，例如 say, claim, think,propose, maintain, qualify, suppose, suggest 等諸多動詞，可以直接放在兩個逗號之間視為插入語（parenthetical phrase）的結構原本是 as-clause。所以此例還原應為「(as) Lazaridis says of Waterloo」。或者最簡單的理解直接看成對話內容，把上下引號補回去。

This place has no real valley and very little silicon.這整句話都是Lazaridis提到Waterloo時說的