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ででもある instead of でもある?
Hello!
I just encountered the following sentence in a text I was reading.
その思い出が不愉快ででもあるかように、彼は口早にそう言った。
I get that the meaning is something along the lines of "He said it quickly, as if this memory made him feel uneasy", but I'm confused by the 不愉快ででもある
I know that でもある is sometimes used when も alone cannot be used grammatically (例えば、「彼は日本人です。アメリカ人でもあります。」), but the additional で is really confusing to me. Can anyone explain why it is there?
Thank you so much!
9 May 2019 10:20
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不愉快である → 不愉快で・ある → (insert でも ) → (その思い出が)不愉快で・でも・あるように
アメリカ人で・ある → (まるで自分が)アメリカ人で・でも・あるかのように
(※ アメリカ人で・ある → アメリカ人で・も・ある)
東京に・行く → まるで東京に・でも・行くかのように
OK: 彼は日本人です。なのに自分がアメリカ人ででもあるかのようにふるまっています。
NG?: 彼は日本人です。なのに自分がアメリカ人でもあるかのようにふるまっています。
(making sense, no one would misunderstand you, but after all, it is ungrammatical)
※ I guess でも here functions as a kind of emphasis.
9 Mayıs 2019
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