but前后连接的词句一定要平行么？

redstonecheers

According to the professor’s philosophy, the antidote to envy is one’s own work, always one’s own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) one’s own work, always one’s own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you don’t think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always one’s own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing one’s own work
(E) neither to think about one’s own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it

这道题目的DA是A，我选的是C，我觉得C更简洁呀，为什么不对呢？而且simply to do我觉得也表现了不应该做什么，而应该做什么，为什么不是它呢？

想进top的小妮子

连接分句不用对等，但你的选项不是分句，是分词形式。

jun383914

顶上去啊~~~~谁来讲讲but到底咋用。。。

Gail小M

Things connected by but need to be parallel (if it is possible)
however it does not mean MUST BE

redstonecheers

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redstonecheers

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redstonecheers

哭哭，牛牛们来讨论下呀~~

redstonecheers

注意看LS的E选项的解释：but连接并列的分句，不需要形式上完全对等

redstonecheers

大家来讨论下这道题，看看两道题目的区别在哪里？为什么but的用法不一样。

来自老prep语法笔记：

Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river in San Antonio winds through the middle of the business district, and the River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, is the city's most popular attraction.
(A) Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river in San Antonio
(B) Unlike the river in many cities in the United States, which is no longer the focal point of urban life, in San Antonio the river
(C) Today the river in many cities in the United States is no longer the focal point of urban life,
unlike San Antonio, where it
(D) In few United States cities today, a river is the focal point of urban life, but the river in San
Antonio
(E) No longer do many cities in the United States have a river as the focal point of urban life, but in San Antonio the river

（GMAT偏好句首的否定倒装用法）
句子结构：No longer do many cities… have a river…, but… the river winds through…, and the
River…, is…
副词no longer置于句首，整句倒装。
考点：比较、逻辑表达
1) 比较-unlike，与like用法相同，比较对象要对等。
2) 逻辑表达，原句中的副词等修饰成分不能随意改变，尤其是带有否定意义的词，如本题中的no
longer，会使句意发生改变。
(A) unlike连接比较对象不平行，cities和river。
(B) which指代United States错误，应该指代river。
(C) unlike一般不置于句中，容易产生对比歧义；it指代错误，在逻辑上不能指代前面的river。
(D) 去掉no longer，把全部否定变成部分否定，改变了原句意思。
(E) 正确，but连接并列的分句，不需要形式上完全对等。