I don't know whether they are not here.

我想他??可能??谶@里.

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乍然看?? 此句不?理解, 似乎是:"我不知道他??是否在?里",

相?于I don't know wherther they are here or not. ???上,

???句子并不是表示???意思, 因?樗???特殊句型,

故不能按照字面去理解和翻?,其?群?喈?于I think that they might be here. 正?的?文如上.



?槭裁次????是一??特殊的句型呢?在回答之前, 也?我??先看???句子:

They are here.

他??在?里.(肯定形式的?述句)

Aren't they here?

他??不在?里??(近乎肯定的疑??句, ??人的心目中??樗??在?里,

????, 只是想???自己的想法?o?.)



I don't know whether they are not here就是表示?似??的一?句型.

句中的I don't know并不是真正的不知道, 而是表示"?]有十足把握"或"未????"的意味,

其后的whether they are not here是近乎肯定的猜?y?热? 故全句可?作:"我想他??可能??谶@里".



"I don't know whether...not"和"I wonder whether ...not"

都是同一??型的特殊句型,老是用以表示??人主?看法或猜?y的解?句(a pattern of interpretation).



?在??者??F在一段文章?成?h?, 要注意whether...not所表?的?群?

Dr. Aline Wong, a Singapore Government minister, has made a new pitch for

Hong Kong people to migrate there after announcing that the number of Hongkongers

who have taken up permanent residence since July 1989 had reached about 4,700. Dr.

Wong said Singapore and Hong Konghad much in common. Both had Dynamic economies

with modern infrastructures.

Therefore, she wonders whether Hongkongers will not migrate to Singapore.
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