想请教各位先进,
有一个句子:
This place has no real valley, Lazaridis says of Waterloo, and very little
silicon. But he believes it can become what he describes as the
world’s “quantum hub.”
请问我可以说:
This place has no real valley when Lazaridis says of Waterloo,and…. (加入
when, 去掉velley 之后的逗点).
这样的改法是可以的吗?
谢谢!

跟语气或意见表达相关的动词，例如 say, claim, think,propose, maintain, qualify, suppose, suggest 等诸多动词，可以直接放在两个逗号之间视为插入语（parenthetical phrase）的结构原本是 as-clause。所以此例还原应为“(as) Lazaridis says of Waterloo”。或者最简单的理解直接看成对话内容，把上下引号补回去。

This place has no real valley and very little silicon.这整句话都是Lazaridis提到Waterloo时说的