I came cross a sentence that floors me because I'm not sure if the sentence is correct in terms of its grammar.
"All these photos WERE TAKEN with a view to anyone with a camera can TAKE these photos."
In the sentence above, I found 2 verbs, "be taken" and "take". Shouldn't one clause only contains one main verb?
Also, whether is it ok to change the sentence above to this to have it corrected
""All these photos WERE TAKEN with a view to anyone with a camera WHO can TAKE these photos."
("Who" is added before "can take" in order to change "who can take these photos" into a subordinate relative clause, which deserves its own main verb "take".)
Thanks
Is the sentence from BBC grammatically correct?
2011-09-04 4:25 am
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2011-09-04 4:37 am
✔ 最佳答案
The sentence is conversational and doesn't really work in writing because it's not grammatical. It's understandable in conversation but just barely, in my opinion.It means this: All these photos were taken with a view to showing that anyone with a camera can take these photos."
The problem is not the two verbs but the fact that the "with a view to" needs a noun other than "anyone." The speaker clearly means "with a view to showing..." or "with a view to demonstrating..." or some other similar word.
2011-09-04 4:34 am
No, you're right. They've messed up their clauses and have forgotten the "who" (although, as it is the BBC, I've a suspicion that it's less conspiratorial bad grammar and more likely just a typo).
2011-09-04 4:32 am
keep in mind that bbc is british broadcasting company, so they may have different grammar than you. (assuming that you are also american)
2011-09-04 4:28 am
From the BBC? Yes they are correct.
2011-09-04 4:28 am
OK, exactly who has a camera that can't take photos? The original sentence is correct, your's is just confusing.
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