请问老师,在这句中I will follow her example, devoted to benefiting as many people as possible.中地devoted如何理解呢?是否应该改成目前分词形式:devoting myself to benefiting as many people as possible.呢?
devoted to benefiting as many people as possible 为形容词短语作随着状语,没任何问题,没必要改为目前分词短语,虽然改为目前分词短语也是可以的(devoting myself to benefiting as many people as possible 略显繁琐)。
网友的问题是对-ed过去分词演变的形容词使用方法不够知道,误以为本句为错误。
be devoted to sb/sth为系表结构,作状语是系词be的目前分词being一般省略,devoted to sb/sth作状语,表示主语作谓语动作时所处的状况。
to Mikee:
这个句子没歧义。形容词短语的逻辑主语不可能是作定语的her, 只能是句子的主语。