引号内部分就是表语。但引号的使用和是不是整体作表语没有直接关系,引号内的词语为主语He 的原话,作者原封不动地引用别人的话就用引号标明。
He adds humbly that perhaps he was“superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.”
这个句子中,引号中的“superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.”是否整体作一个表语?如果不是,引号在这里的作用该如何理解?表强调可以不顾英文结构随便加引号么?the common run of men何意?