E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 23 Nov 2013 #1 Hi, 1. 図書館があまりに大きいのも問題だった。 Is の nominalising the whole of 図書館があまりに大きい, or is 大きいの a noun phrase meaning (roughly) "large one"? 2. ハーマイオニーは調べる予定の内容と表題のリストを取り出し・・・ This has given me some trouble. My guess is that it is supposed to be understood as [ 調べる予定 ] の [ 内容と表題 ] の リスト Is that right? Is the bracketing of this phrase ambiguous? Are there other possibilities?
Hi, 1. 図書館があまりに大きいのも問題だった。 Is の nominalising the whole of 図書館があまりに大きい, or is 大きいの a noun phrase meaning (roughly) "large one"? 2. ハーマイオニーは調べる予定の内容と表題のリストを取り出し・・・ This has given me some trouble. My guess is that it is supposed to be understood as [ 調べる予定 ] の [ 内容と表題 ] の リスト Is that right? Is the bracketing of this phrase ambiguous? Are there other possibilities?
M Morphling 先輩 Joined 3 Apr 2013 Messages 273 Reaction score 32 23 Nov 2013 #2 You are correct in both accounts.
E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 23 Nov 2013 Thread starter #3 Morphling said: You are correct in both accounts. Click to expand... Thanks but in (1) which interpretation do you mean is correct?
Morphling said: You are correct in both accounts. Click to expand... Thanks but in (1) which interpretation do you mean is correct?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 24 Nov 2013 #4 1) The former one is correct. の is a nominalizer. こと can be also used here. 2) Your interpretation is most common (and would be correct), but [調べる予定の内容]と[表題のリスト] is also possible depending on the context, so, yeah, it's ambiguous.
1) The former one is correct. の is a nominalizer. こと can be also used here. 2) Your interpretation is most common (and would be correct), but [調べる予定の内容]と[表題のリスト] is also possible depending on the context, so, yeah, it's ambiguous.
E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 24 Nov 2013 Thread starter #5 OK, thanks.