Situations Situation1: It’s 4 a.m. Suddenly your phone rings. It’s John, your American friend. You: Hello. John: Hi Mike. It’s me, john. You: Oh, hi John. What’s up? John: Well, I just thought I would call you. How are you doing? You: Pretty g...
人が情報交換をする際の文は、話し言葉であれ、書き言葉であれ、「既知(旧情報)+未知(新情報)」という情報のまとまりで表される。このような一定の構造を、文の情報構造という。ここに例文を提示する。 (1)A: What did Tom do? B: Tom (He) Kissed Rose. (2)A: Who kissed...
Thomas A. Edison is supposed to have parried the question of a skeptic who wanted to know what one of his fledgling inventions was good for by asking “What good is a baby?” ** is supposed to 〜 でshouldと同様の「~した方が良い、~すべき」というmodalityの...