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蘋果哈特利

最下面the possibility.....那一句要怎麼拆主詞動詞？

Flu viruses are particularly dangerous because they spread easily, and frequently mutate
into new forms. One form of the flu killed tens of millions of people around the world between
1918 and 1919. Similar epidemics in 1957 and 1968 killed fewer people but were also serious.
One reason the flu spreads easily is that the virus can “jump” between species, in particular
from birds to humans. The process usually starts with wild birds passing the virus on to farm
birds. The farm birds then pass it on to humans. When the flu virus mutates into a form that is
deadly, and can spread easily between humans, an epidemic is almost certain. So far, H5N1 has
not been able to spread from human to human. However, the possibility that it may is keeping
scientists awake at night.
some
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Shao

the possibility (that it may) is keeping some scientists awake at night.
that it may = that it can have

Shao

那個=是在這裡的語意，不是每次都等於

蘋果哈特利

如果換成the possibility (that it may be) is keeping some scientists awake at night.可以嗎？

Shao

哦，我沒看上下文~
這邊的 that it may 其實是延續上一句的語意，
that it may spread from human to human的簡化~

蘋果哈特利

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蘋果哈特利

這樣的話 如果是助動詞 後面可以省略上文提到的東西嗎？

Shao

不敢保證每次一定都可以~這要查語料
不過大體上是可以這樣省略的~

蘋果哈特利

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