连词前逗号的问题-OG例题

meiyw

At the end of the 1930s, Duke Ellington was looking for a composer to assist him-someone not only who could arrange music for his successful big band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style as well in order to finish the many pieces he had started but never completed.


A.someone not only who could arrange music for his successful big band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style as well in order to finish
B.someone who could not only arrange music for his successful big band, but also mirror his eccentric writing style in order to finish
C.someone who not only could arrange music for his successful big band, but also to mirror his eccentric writing style in finishing
D.that being someone who could not only arrange music for his successful big band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style for finishing
E.being someone not only who could arrange music for his successful big band, but mirror his eccentric writing style as well, finishing


这一题，B选项的but前面有逗号可以是吗？是不是，加连词，不一定后面就要跟个independent sentence，而是连词前后只要平行就可以了？

eliza2016

答案B

解释：平行结构， not only...but also 是严格平行，前后必须一致

KKKJUMPING

eliza2016 发表于 2016-12-20 21:21
答案B

解释：平行结构， not only...but also 是严格平行，前后必须一致

同意！               B.someone who could not only arrange music for his successful big band, but also mirror his eccentric writing style in order to finish


本身平行的arrange 和mirror都是who定从中的谓语动词，所以不能是一个independent clause

meiyw

关于逗号+but，要不要接独立的句子，我找到一个说法。我理解只要前后平行，but前面是否有，都可以。
often, the comma will be omitted when there are two complete clauses -- if those clauses are short enough to render the comma unnecessary.
also -- again quite often -- a comma will be included even if the structures are not complete clauses, especially if the structures are long enough to make the sentence essentially unreadable without the comma.
for instance:
i shut the windows and locked the doors --> this sentence doesn't need any additional punctuation.
i shut the windows so firmly that i would later have trouble opening them, and locked the doors using both the standard locks and the deadbolts --> these are not complete clauses, but the sentence is still written with the comma, because it's absolutely unreadable without the comma (try it yourself).

MOST IMPORTANTLY
PUNCTUATION IS NOT TESTED ON THIS EXAM!