Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
but在这里的作用是作为连词连接两个独立的分句,如果没有but,前句是:"Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years" 主语是Mauritius;后句是:“the English language was never really spoken on the island” 主语是the English language,前后句主语不一致,所以必须使它们成为两个独立的句子,连词就能实现这个功能
要的~but在这里的作用是作为连词连接两个独立的分句,如果没有but,前句是:"Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years" 主语是Mauritius;后句是:“the English language was never really spoken on the island” 主语是the English language,前后句主语不一致,所以必须使它们成为两个独立的句子,连词就能实现这个功能