Question

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为什么句子中要用WHO?
Many people who do not know about computers think of them as machines that children play with.
请问句子中为什么要用“who"?能不能把who去掉呢?去掉who后的句子与原句有什么不同呢?

Answer 1

这是一个复合句,who 是关系代词,引导定语从句,其结构如下：

主句：Many people think of them as machines that children play with.

定语从句：who do not know about computers

可见 who 去掉以后,就成了下面的结构：

Many people do not know about computers

think of them as machines that children play with 本处的动词 think 没有主语.

因此,句中出现了没有任何连接关系两个谓语动词,成了病句.去掉 who 以后要使句子成立,需要在 think 前加连词 and,即：

Many people who do not know about computers (and) think of them as machines that children play with.

但是这样做在一定程度上改滑悔陵变了原句的初衷.原句的意思是“许多不了解电前棚脑的人认为它们是孩子们打游戏的机器”,改为后者以后就变成了“信戚许多人不了解电脑,并且认为它们是孩子们打游戏的机器”.

结论：who 不能去掉.