大家好，請教一下 在英語論壇問了一個問題： a. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him, I am wondering if there is some reason? b. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him; I am wondering if there is some reason? c. I know that everyone should follow this rule. However, I am afraid that Tom failed to do so. But it seems that you don't want to warn him; I am wondering if there is some reason. ------------ Which one is grammatical? Or all of them are acceptable? 網友AussieLexie回答： I think C is the best of your three options. However, I would suggest the following: I know everyone should follow this rule. I am afraid Tom failed do so, but it seems you don't want to warn him. I am wondering if there is a reason for this. ................................. I’ve removed ‘that’ x3 and tidied it up a little. You could use a question mark at the end if you wanted to soften it. ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ 值得注意的是，他這句話 「You could use a question mark at the end if you wanted to soften it.」 是「現在事實相反」的假設語氣，我想他是針對於我已經寫了那句話的「事實」， 因此用這種假設語氣。 但如果用我們中文的思維，「如果想讓語氣變得比較婉轉，你可以在句子最後用問號」， 應該會用條件句的方式來寫， 「You can use a question mark at the end if you want to soften it.」 然而我覺得這是外國人和我們思維方式的差異，所以我如果想強調的是「以後」 發生這樣的情況，是不是就可以用條件句來表示呢？ 我就回文說： If I want to say next time when this may happen, can I say the following? You can use a question mark at the end if you want to soften it next time. 但目前還沒有回應，因此想先來請教各位。謝謝。 原文網址 https://goo.gl/mB3pvY --

※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.169.74.161 ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.com/m.aspx?n=bbs/Eng-Class/M.1512734868.A.055.html 好的，感謝D大，已詢問。 ----------- 報告D大，他們說是表示與現在事實相反的假設，而非禮貌用法@@a ※ 編輯: scju (1.169.74.161), 12/09/2017 09:38:42