求问一道prep2012SC！！！！！

GMATER800

The Scandinavian assault on Western Europe culminated in the early eleventh century with the Danish conquest of the English kingdom, which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat, unsuccessfully later in the same century.

A. which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat, unsuccessfully, later in the same century
B. which other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later that same century, but not successfully
C. an achievement that other Scandinavian kings attempted later in the century to repeat, but were not successful at it
D. an achievement attempted later in the century by other Scandinavian kings that was not successful
E. an achievement that other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later in the century, but without success
答案选E,但是But作为连词后面能没有谓语吗？官方解释上说 "but without success”这一部分成为了修饰前面一句话的状语，实在是困惑了，but还能这么用？求解释！！！

bejamin1111

答案应该在CE里面选，C是可以排除的，因为it是多余的，不过but这个同困惑；从这里判断应该是做介词，不过这种用法没见过相关例句，同等待高人。

GMATER800

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-5-1 22:32
答案应该在CE里面选，C是可以排除的，因为it是多余的，不过but这个同困惑；从这里判断应该是做介词，不过这 ...

谢谢。。。不过这里作介词是说不通的，就是做并列连词（解释里也是这么说的）

bejamin1111

GMATER800 发表于 2013-5-1 23:25
谢谢。。。不过这里作介词是说不通的，就是做并列连词（解释里也是这么说的） ...

连词应该跟完整的句子啊，搞不懂这个了...

kiwifoodtown

but后面可以连接单词，短语，分句，句子等，举个简单例子，It was a sunny but not very warm day.
所以这里后面接介宾短语做状语没什么问题。

victor91

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-5-2 00:03
连词应该跟完整的句子啊，搞不懂这个了...

连词后面如果主语和前面相同，不是可以省略主语么？（prep08笔记里说的。。。）C选项的里省略主语有问题么？

victor91

求问C选项哪里错了？

lyzlyz1990

同问啊 manhattan上面说but只能跟句子，难道这题错了么= =
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GPSGWJ

题目没有错 E中的"but"被用作平行标志(parallel marker) 而不是连词

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Consider this way:

"But" is a conjunction here adding two clauses:
1. Other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later in the century.
2. They (Other Scandinavian kings) attempted without success.

It is allowed to omit the repeated parts from the second element of a parallel structure if the meaning is not obscured. The parallelism structure is as follows:

Other Scandinavian kings attempted to repeat later in the century, but they (Other Scandinavian kings) attempted省略掉了 without success.

Option E, unlike option C, introduces a phrase, not a clause. A phrase does not require a subject since there is no verb within a phrase.

Option C: ,but were not successful at it. The comma before "but" should not have been there.
1. I play, but I do not study. Correct (comma + conjunction joins two clauses)
2. I play but do not study. Correct (without comma, there is no need of a second clause - two verbs play and study are joined.)
3. I play, but do not study. Wrong. ( comma + but requires a second clause).
The error in the 3rd sentence above is exactly the same as that in option C.

In option E there is no verb within ", but without success". The question whether two verbs are joined or two clauses are joined does not arise at all. It is alright to add a contrasting prepositional phrase with a comma.

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