After several years of rapid growth, the healthy care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
关于用逗号把连词与前面的句子隔开的问题,白勇语法里面说A do..., but A do.... 用逗号把连词与句子隔开的时候,要重复前面的主语,但是
After several years of rapid growth, the healthy care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A.while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to
B.while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months behind in its payment to
C.but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its paying
D.but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying
E.but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying
你说的情况是 SVO ,but/and SVO 即两个完整的句子中间需要用逗号加连词来连接,当两个完整句子的主语相同时一般用SVO but/and VO 合并成一个句子,两个谓语用连词连接即可,如果主语相同还非要拆成两个句子,中间用逗号加连词连接,那就属于你说的那种情况,后面的句子主语不能省略。但是这道题目并不属于这种两个完整句子的并列,while后面的部分实际上是一种省略结构,将后面的句子补全应该是while then it was proved...., falling... falling做was的伴随结构,这样就与你说的情况完全相符了。而这道题目将it was省略,直接跟proved这一过去分词,在这种情况下实际上可以将整个while部分看作一个修饰成分------用来修饰前面句子的主语company。你可能是把proved看做了后面句子的谓语,才产生了困惑,然而其实proved并不是真正的谓语,它只是被动语态的过去分词,真正的谓语was被省略了。所以答案是合理的。
OG12th P783 第100题 这个是做连词连句子 This whole construction, Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, is a main clause and must be followed by a comma before a coordinating conjunction (such as yet or but) introduces a second main clause.
P731 第92题 这个就是连两个不是句子的 A comma, not a semicolon, should separate the two parallel parts of the contrast 不过貌似好像没有说一定要comma。。。。 P744 第116题 To describe this apparent contradiction and to avoid a comma splice, the clauses should be joined by the conjunction but.