關係子句簡化為分詞片語
Reduced Relative Clauses
今天要跟大家介紹關係代名詞省略時要注意的事情。我們來看看影片裡的句子: They're also an elite team of investigators solving some of the nation's biggest crimes.
這裡 solving 是用於修飾前面的 an elite team of investigators,此句是省略了關係代名詞,可以將句子還原成:They're also an elite team of investigators who solve some of the nation's biggest crimes.
當關係代名詞作為關係子句中的主詞,關係代名詞省略後,其後的動詞型態也要有所變化,變成分詞。
至於是要變成現在分詞(Ving)還是過去分詞(V.pp),就要看該動詞是否是被動態。如果不是被動的話,該動詞改為Ving;如果是被動,則保留Vpp的型態。
例句
The boy sleeping soundly didn't hear the door bell ringing.
那個睡得很香的男孩沒有聽到門鈴聲。
The roads covered by snow made our journey impossible.
被雪所覆蓋的道路使我們無法進行我們的旅程。
The new computer bought by Amy works very well.
Amy買的新電腦非常好用。