Saturday 17 September 2016

grammar - Question about usage of 「のでは」


In one of the grammar questions for N3, I saw one for which I couldn't understand the reason why のでは is used.



この英会話講師のアルバイトに応募したきっかけは、先輩からの紹介です。私の専門は言語学ですので、その知識が生かせる「 」、と思い、応募いたしました。文法に詳しいので、英語はもちろん、日本語での文法の説明もできます。



Possible answers are



1) から 2)とか 3)なんて 4)のでは



The answer marked as correct is のでは. However, I don't understand why. I know that のでは is used in sentences like のではない。However, that's not he case here. Also as ので、when implying reason. However in that case I don't see は added. When searching through google I found more cases where you can use like this "一歩間違えば指先に刺さるのではと思ってしまう".



However, I don't understand which grammar rule allows for this usage of のでは。



Answer



You are close. The omitted phrase is その知識が生かせるのではない, where か is the question marking particle you must know well.


It says "Can't I make use of the knowledge? (I can!)" rather than saying "I can't make use of the knowledge".


Similarly, 刺さるのでは in that context means 刺さるのではない(だろう)か, meaning "I wonder if it pricks".


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