前置詞か接続詞か | 文字の風景──To my grandchildren who will become adults someday

文字の風景──To my grandchildren who will become adults someday

After retirement, I enrolled at Keio University , correspondence course. Since graduation, I have been studying "Shakespeare" and writing in the fields of non-fiction . a member of the Shakespeare Society of Japan. Writer.

〇It's suprising that he should call on you after what you said to him.

 あなたが彼にあれだけ言ったのに、彼が訪ねてくるとは意外です。

   afterはwhat…himを目的語にする前置詞。

 

〇It matters little who does it so long as it is done.

  それがなされさえすれば、誰がそれをするかは重要ではない。

   Who does itという名詞節がmattersの主語。

                   

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