标题: although后面不是要接完整句子吗！！prep07 里一道怪题！ [打印本页] 作者: constant-ivy 时间: 2014-3-15 23:16 标题: although后面不是要接完整句子吗！！prep07 里一道怪题！ 求助！看曼哈顿语法的时候说although后面一定要加完整的句子，但是今天做prep的时候发现“Although eradicated in the United States,polio continues elsewhere and could be brought into the country by visitors.
although 后面可以接分词吗？？求助啊啊啊 作者: 南风吹 时间: 2018-10-31 17:50
我也有这个疑惑作者: fuckoffand 时间: 2018-11-1 02:07
本人拙见应该是省略了 - although ( polio was) eradicated in the US, polio continues... 作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-8 10:14
1."although xxxx" 在句子之前：
• if "(al)though xxxx" PRECEDES the sentence, then "xxxx" can be either a complete sentence or an adjective/modifier.
e.g.,
(Al)though James has never been formally trained in medicine, he is able to identify a wide variety of maladies.
("although" + complete sentence; precedes the main sentence)
also see OG SC problem #39 (can't reproduce here)
(Al)though not formally trained in medicine, James is able to identify a wide variety of maladies.
("although" + adjective-type modifier; precedes the main sentence)
also see OG SC problem #48 (can't reproduce here)
2. "although xxxx" 在句子之中
if "(al)though xxxx" INTERRUPTS the sentence, then "xxxx" should be only a modifier. in this case, "xxxx" should NOT be a complete sentence.
^^ this is something i discovered just now. despite trying, i wasn't able to make a good sentence that's interrupted by "(al)though + complete sentence". i can't guarantee that this is a "rule", though i can vouch for it with a reasonable degree of certainty.
e.g.,
if the interruption follows a noun, then you should have a modifier that describes the noun (adjective-type modifier):
Paula, though exhausted, managed to stay awake through her son's entire piano recital.
if the interruption follows a verb, you should have a modifier that describes the verb (adverb-type modifier):
Audrey just admitted, though inadvertently, how she really feels about her mother-in-law.
also see OG SC problem #36 (can't reproduce here)
3."although xxxx" 在句子之后
• if "although xxxx" FOLLOWS the sentence, then "xxxx" should be a complete sentence. in this case, "xxxx" should not be a modifier/adjective.
(i assume this construction is familiar enough to make examples unnecessary. if you need examples, just say so in a response)
^^ this one is what's relevant to the particular problem at hand. as with the idea above, this is another incidental "discovery" that i can't %100 guarantee is actually a "rule".
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and here's the weirdest discovery of all: if "though" (NOT "although") follows the sentence, it IS allowed to introduce a modifier.
in this case, the modifier should be an adverb-type modifier; in other words, it should describe the entire action that precedes it.
e.g.,
I wear swimsuits often, though never for actual swimming; I just lie out in the sun.作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-8 10:17
上面是RON的解答
简单来说，就是although/though在句首时，可以加完整的clause也可以加modifier/adjective
although/though在句中时，只能加modifier,并且只对之前的那个noun/verb进行修饰
although在句尾时，只能加clause
though在句尾时，也可以加modifier, 但是需要对之前的整个action进行修饰