although省略问题

Spencer125 · 发表于 2013-7-7 21:59:14

Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on
the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equator.

(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on
(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun
(C) appear on the surface of the Sun as dark spots although never sighted at
(D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the Sun, although never having been sighted at
(E) appear as dark spots on the Sun’s surface, which have never been sighted on
这道题目正确答案是A,我选的是C
OG对C的解释是:Although typically introduces a subordinate clause, which has a subject and a verb, but here there is no subject and sighted is not a complete verb.
为什么不能把C看作是省略主语吖?
难道although必须要有主语？可是OG48有一题也考了though，其实一个正确选项是 Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America's Lake Superior. 这里though不就是省略了Caspian sea吗？为何又是对的了？？？？

Spencer125 · 发表于 2013-7-8 21:29:22

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苏木苏木 · 发表于 2013-7-8 22:47:04

个人拙见。。
lz拿这两个句子的类比不甚恰当， “Though called a sea”和“although never sighted at”这两个clause的根本属性不一样，前者是一个分词从句，后者是一个完整的主句，因为如果按C中的表述句子应该是appear和was sighted并列才对，那就应该是“although was never sighted at”，was不能省，去掉了was这个就变成了分词从句，但分词从句怎么能这么跟主句并列？所以although引导的这个句子就错了，并不是说although后不能省略主语。。
至于要是lz问C项加上was之后对不对，我就不敢说了。。

Spencer125 · 发表于 2013-7-8 23:23:36

苏木苏木发表于 2013-7-8 22:47
个人拙见。。
lz拿这两个句子的类比不甚恰当， “Though called a sea”和“although never sighted at”这 ...

你太牛了。学习学习。非常赞同你的说法。

yy20 · 发表于 2013-8-26 19:43:57

苏木苏木发表于 2013-7-8 22:47
个人拙见。。
lz拿这两个句子的类比不甚恰当， “Though called a sea”和“although never sighted at”这 ...

请问visible 和appear有区别么？可以用这两个词来判断么？

paopao1124 · 发表于 2013-9-10 10:10:15

我的理解

Although用法：1.although + 主谓宾（句子） 2.although + 短语：短语要是能跟前面平行的东西，否侧不能加短语。

以下这段话是来自曼哈顿instructor的解释，可以看一看帮助理解
Eg: A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health care, education, and the environment.

Here also, after the while  we don't have an active verb, but still the construction is correct.

That's a bit different example. In the question you posted, there is clear parallelism between "saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs..."

In this sentence, there's nothing to make parallel to sighted. "Sunspots appear on the surface although never sighted" You could get away with changing the second part to a prepositional phrase, such as: "sunspots appear on the surface although not at the poles". Instead, A gives us two clear verbs to make parallel.

coconutmi · 发表于 2013-9-18 12:45:51

苏木苏木发表于 2013-7-8 22:47
个人拙见。。
lz拿这两个句子的类比不甚恰当， “Though called a sea”和“although never sighted at”这 ...

喜欢这个解释~~~

不过我有个理解, 主动语态和被动语态的平行结构,不如2个同样主动态或同样被动态的平行结构好,因为动作的发出者不同, 你怎么看?

coconutmi · 发表于 2013-9-18 12:49:24

yy20 发表于 2013-8-26 19:43
请问visible 和appear有区别么？可以用这两个词来判断么？

我想最基本的区别在于, appear是动词主动语态，be visible(adj.) 其实是被动含义(被别人看到)~ 所以我也会从平行角度比较这2种选项~

yy20 · 发表于 2013-9-18 20:39:12

coconutmi 发表于 2013-9-18 12:49
我想最基本的区别在于, appear是动词主动语态，be visible(adj.) 其实是被动含义(被别人看到)~ 所以我也 ...

精彩！因为动作的发出者不同这个解释太棒了！可是你是怎么样当时就想到这种深层次的平行的呢？OG解释好像是说他们没有区别，不过说的好像也是visible和appear没区别，我根本想不到这么多。。。请再赐教！

qsjvicky · 发表于 2013-9-18 20:53:22

表示时间/条件/转折/让步的连词(when/while/if/unless/although/even though/even if) + 形容词短语/-ing短语/-ed短语
也就是说这些词省略的时候相当于省略了be动词，只有在主系表结构才可以省略~

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