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[[求助与讨论]] The government is expected imminently to scrap a second ....

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发表于 2008-1-2 08:55:18 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
This sentence appeared recently on the front page of Canada's national daily newspaper the Globe and Mail:

\"The government is expected imminently to scrap a second visit to northern Europe planned by Governer General Adrienne Clarkson...\"

Some of my colleagues (I am an editor) and I are trying to figure out what's wrong with this sentence. We think it has to do with how the adverb \"imminently\" is being used. My feeling is that, as written, the sentence implies it's the expectation which is imminent, rather than the action (ie. scrapping a second visit).
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发表于 2008-1-2 19:57:55 | 显示全部楼层
I agree with you
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