Scientists built an “ivory tower” in which they sheltered pretending that their work had nothing to do with human welfare.
这里 pretending that their work had nothing to do with human welfare 是否伴随状语还是目的状语,如果是伴随状语的话?为什么有的伴随状语有逗号,有的没有,这两者之间有什么区别吗?
在英语中,现在分词通常不用作目的状语的。
这里的现在分词不是目的状语,而是伴随状语。
伴随状语前面并非一定要用逗号,是否用逗号通常与是否需要停顿有关。