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The doctors were encouraged that, when he spoke about his mother, his expressionless mask slipped slightly, and he looked as if he was struggling not to cry. (original)
Question : Is the original grammatically correct?
Would you tell me how to understand the word "that" (conjunction) here?
I guess :
The doctors were encouraged that, when he spoke about his mother, his…
=
Someone encouraged the doctors saying that or by saying that, when he spoke about his mother, his…
Is my guess grammatically correct?
2023年10月5日 08:51
解答 · 2
Wow, this is a hard one to analyze! The sentence confuses me because it provides no reason why the doctors were encouraged. Instead, it describes a situation that caused the doctors to become encouraged without stating why this situation would have been encouraging.
The sentence should have been written like this:
"The doctors became encouraged when he spoke about his mother, his expressionless mask slipped slightly, and he looked as if he was struggling not to cry."
2023年10月6日
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