BBC的英文错误

Giovanni Nucci, the author of The Gods at Six O'Clock, which explains the Iliad from the perspective of the gods, told Il Messaggero: "It's fantastic." "I'd like to find the person caught red-handed and give him the book, because he'll have been arrested halfway through reading it. I'd like him to be able to finish it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg4kpv3p4zo 按照BBC的措辞， Giovanni Nucci实在语无伦次。 Giovanni Nucci知道这个新闻的时候，那个小偷已经被当场逮捕了。他再去找那个小偷，送The Gods at Six O'Clock，小偷确实可以读这本书，但是不会读到中途就被逮捕，除非Giovanni Nucci使出魔法，让小偷再去偷东西，再次被同一本书吸引，再次忘了及时离开，再次被警察逮捕。可是 Giovanni Nucci不可能有这种魔法，所以这种事情不可能发生，BBC新闻的语法就是错的。那么正确的语法是什么呢？ I'd like to find the person caught red-handed and give him the book because he was likely arrested halfway through reading it. I'd like him to be able to finish it. https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2024/08/26/thief-puts-robbery-on-hold-to-read-a-book-about-greek-mythology-in-rome GulfToday的语法才符合逻辑，因为它用了过去式“ he was likely arrested halfway through reading it。这就说得通了：想送书给小偷，是因为小偷很可能读到一半就被逮捕了，作者希望他读完。 那么，如果我们需要保留BBC新闻措辞的总体结构，又该怎么修正它的语法错误呢？我们这么改： because he might have been arrested halfway through reading it.

狄鞮 南充 2024年8月30日