關於一個例句的文法

Question

The prisoner had hopes that he might be set free. 出自朗文字典
請問這句話文法有誤嗎

Answer 1

小弟覺得此句是沒錯的

had為主要動詞,這邊是用(過去簡單式)

hope為名詞,非動詞,當(Hope)做''願望,想要達成的事時"
是可數的

我想你有問題的是''that"後面所接的此一句子
其實此句是''hope''的同位語,代表的就是其內容

The prisoner had hopes that he might be set free.
(hopes=he might be set free)

此類句型十分常見,如:
He heard the news that his team had won.
(the news=his team had won)

故小弟認為此句是正確的

2007-03-26 08:02:45 補充：
其實我也有想過Hope單複數的問題,不過我有看過不少複數的用法
所以小弟猜想這邊的Hopes不是代表''幾個hopes''
應就是單純指"想要達成的事'',如:
But they have hopes that Mr. Ford can begin to turn the tide.

參考網址:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/us/31tennessee.html?ex=1306728000&en=757828f3233613c3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

2007-03-26 09:23:14 補充：
I have hopes that the author can also make a version that is I/O compatible with the phone.

Answer 2

我覺得有些不對,hope可以是名詞或動詞,

如果是動詞,應該是,
The prisoner had hoped that he might be set free.

如果是名詞,我會改為,
The prisoner had hopes and one of them is that he might be set free.

怎麼看都不對,請參考

2007-03-25 18:13:14 補充：
至於might,版主的另一個問題（請問關於”might”的用法說明）中,有詳盡說明.

2007-03-26 00:23:25 補充：
hopes是複數（幾個hopes）that he might be set free只是一個hope所以我改為　The prisoner had hopes and one of them is that he might be set free.