想問這句英文可做此變化嗎?

Question

Britain and, to a lesser extent, America each have a very rich colloquial lexicon which can only be experienced through informal contact with individuals of these countries.

1.句首可改寫成"Each Britain and America,to a lesser extent,have....''
和"To a lesser extent,each Britain and America have......''這兩種句型嗎?

2.''to a lesser extent''在此要做何解呢?

上一句是
Many of you probably know that the English that we learn is very different from that which is actually spoken in the UK or the US.

Answer 1

1. 不能。反而可以說 Both Britian and America have a very rich… 可是這時就無法將 to a less extent 放進去了。所以還是維持原來說法好。

2. to a less extent 這適用來修飾 America 的。意旨美國並不像英國那麼的嚴重（俚語）。


2007-02-04 22:44:35 補充：
2 打錯了 to a lesser extent 才對