2009/12/01

「in someone's case」の使い方

At a very large weekend market in the suburbs of Bangkok, there were some women trying to raise money for a charity.
  • 金を調える (かねをととのえる) (exp) to raise money; (definition from Edict)
  • 慈善 (じぜん) (n,adj-no) charity; philanthropy; (P); (definition from Edict)
I was talking about "in the case of" yesterday.
http://upgradeenglish.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-case-of.html
Think about that while looking at the following sentences.

The woman on the left looks really excited about what she is doing.
× In case of the woman in the middle though, it seems she is confused.
× In case the woman in the middle though, it seems she is confused.
○ In the case of the woman in the middle though, it seems she is confused.
In other words, there's a woman in the middle of the photo, too.
× In the case of her, it seems she is confused. <- don't use "in the case of" followed by a pronoun
○ In her case, it seems she is confused.
  • in someone's case (人)の場合
The sign she is holding isn't quite right. It says:
× Donate for helping illtreated children.
○ Donate to help ill-treated children.
  • ill-treated child 被虐待児 (definition from Eijiro on the Web)
However, in the case of philanthropists, we can forgive a few small mistakes, right?
  • 慈善家 (じぜんか) (n) charitable person; philanthropist;

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