Mr.MC'sacademicspecialityislanguagehistoryMr.McWhorter'sacademicspecialityislanguagehistoryandchange,andheseesthegradualdisappearanceof"whom",forexmaple,tobenaturalandnomoreregrettablethanthelossofthecase-endingsofOl
Mr.MC'sacademicspecialityislanguagehistory
Mr.McWhorter'sacademicspecialityislanguagehistoryandchange,andheseesthegradualdisappearanceof"whom",forexmaple,tobenaturalandnomoreregrettablethanthelossofthecase-endingsofOldEnglish.
翻译已有,主要提两个问题
1:这里的tobe是连接前面的sees吗?有seessthtobeXXX的结构吗?
2:.nomoreregrettablethan.为什么最后翻译成whom的消失是自然的,跟古英语中词格尾消失一样,都不是什么值得惋惜的事.
不是比较级吗?怎么变一样了?nomoreregrettablethan究竟是什么意思