There being 問題 (2)

garlic2010

2012-10-18 1:53 am

There being no bananas left (at home), I went to the supermarket to buy some.
(家中沒有香蕉，我到超市去買。)
On the sentence above, someone made these two statements:

1. "There" in the phrase is a redundancy.
Being no bananas left, I went to the supermarket to buy some.
(Ref: 《評論》我這樣翻譯可以嗎？)

2. There being no bananas left (at home), I went to the supermarket to buy some. =/= (NOT EQUAL TO) (家中沒有香蕉，我到超市去買。)
(Ref: 《評論》我這樣翻譯可以嗎？II)

Were these statements valid?

回答 (1)

Badadg

2012-10-18 8:16 pm

✔ 最佳答案

Being no bananas left, I went to the supermarket to buy some.
= I was no bananas left, and I went to the supermarket to buy some.
= 我是沒有香蕉，我到超市去買。

這句子的意思不通，不合邏輯。

There being no bananas left (at home), I went to the supermarket to buy some.
= There was no bananas left (at home), and I went to the supermarket to buy some.
= (家中)沒有香蕉，我到超市去買。

這句子的意思清晰，合邏輯。

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