有關一句子有多個verb的問題

一句句子不是只可以有一個verb嗎?


如沒有 連接詞/引導詞; 1個動詞;
如有 連接詞/引導詞; 多個動詞;

e.g.
(1) Peter is dancing.[1個動詞]
(2) Peter is dancing while Mary is singing a song.[1個 連接詞/引導詞; 2個動詞]
(3) Peter is dancing while Mary is singing a song which I like most .[2個連接詞/引導詞; 3個動詞]




For instance, when(連接詞) the MTR's head of engineering, Morris Gheung Siu-wah, talked(動詞)recently about the crack found(形容詞) [參考 (1)] on a train track, he said (動詞) [參考 (2)] regular inspections would make (動詞) sure [參考 (3)] we can identify(動詞) early signage in this way .

WhenMorris Gheung Siu-wah talked about the crack found on a train track, he said that regular inspections would make sure that we can identify early signage in this way . [4個動詞; 3個連接詞/引導詞]

(1)found(形容詞) : 發現的e.g. The words omitted are generally connecting words.

(2)直接引語是陳述句，變為間接引語時，要加上引導詞that。在口語中也可省略that。e.g. “He said that it was difficult.” = “He said it was difficult.”

(3)在以某些形容詞或過去分詞，如：sure, glad, certain, pleased, happy, afraid, surprised, satisfied的詞所引導的賓語從句中，連詞that可省略。e.g. “I am sure that I can finish it today.”=“I am sure I can finish it today.”

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理論正確。但是未懂英語寫作上，尤其是報章會省略的寫法：

For instance, when the MTR's head of enginneering, Morris Gheung Siu-wah,talked recently about the crack found on a train track he said regular inspections would make sure we can identify early signage in this way .

其實是：

For instance, when the MTR's head of engineering, Morris Cheung Siu-wah, talked recently about the crack that was found on a train track, he said, "Regular inspections would make sure that we can identify early (signs of such cracks)".

當中作者省去很多在英語讀者會自行在腦裏「理解」的分段，所以不用填上標點或that等連接詞，所以看落便以為是一句，其實主句是：

When MTR's hard of engineering talked about the crack,
he said, "....".

附加的句子作用：
which/what crack? the crack found on a train track recently.
inspection to make sure what? inspection can identify early signs of such cracks.

(句子按原作更正為正確寫法，以免誤會錯用）

原文來原：頭條新聞24/02/2011p34《又中又英》作者：Michael Chugani.