标题: instead可否作连词使用？ [打印本页] 作者: lanningxin 时间: 2016-10-9 10:03 标题: instead可否作连词使用？ During the past decade, the labor market in France has not been operating according to free market principles, instead it has been functioning in a stifled manner as a result of various government regulations that restrict the hiring and firing of workers.
这是曼哈顿模考SC里面的一个选项。显然，错误很多。
其中一个错误是：This choice incorrectly uses a comma to connect two independent clauses, thus creating a run-on sentence. Two independent clauses must be connected either by a conjunction, such as “and” or “but,” or by a semicolon.