求助 OG16 SC 117

CINDY11

117. 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.
(A) excepting for
(B) except in
(C) but except in
(D) but excepting for
(E) with the exception of

C Correct. The two independent clauses are separated by but, and except in is an appropriate idiom. 逗号加but的结构后面要跟独立的句子，但是这里 except in。。不是独立的句子呀，还是说 the English language was never really spoken on the island.是作为BUT后独立的句子呢，那这个 except in the domains of administration and teaching是做后一句句子的状语吗？

还有一个关于比较成分平行的
Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
感觉一个都不对啊，草地怎么和鸟的消失平行呢，怎么和鸟平行呢？

求指点。。。。Cindy感激不尽呢

yxlrei

- but后面整个组成一个完整结构的句子，except in作状语。
- 草地和鸟平行 - both are vanishing.

CINDY11

yxlrei 发表于 2015-8-21 03:02
- but后面整个组成一个完整结构的句子，except in作状语。
- 草地和鸟平行 - both are vanishing. ...

好的，谢谢呢，就是逗号加But后面不用立刻跟上一句独立的句子，只要有就行对吧、

yxlrei

CINDY11 发表于 2015-8-21 08:07
好的，谢谢呢，就是逗号加But后面不用立刻跟上一句独立的句子，只要有就行对吧、 ...

but后面要紧跟一个结构完整的句子，这个句子可以包含状语从句。

CINDY11

yxlrei 发表于 2015-8-21 08:34
but后面要紧跟一个结构完整的句子，这个句子可以包含状语从句。

好哒，明白啦