Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language.
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/use-of-comma-and-t14975.html
这个链接的Author提了两个问题。
一:1. I fancy buying Buckingham palace, the tower of Big Ben and the London eye.
2. I fancy buying Buckingham palace, the tower of Big Ben, and the London eye.
The author thought that #1 should be correct,but the manhattan staff thought that #2 would be preferred.
I agree with that staff.
二:3. I will play guitar and my brother will sing.
4. I will play guitar, and my brother will sing.
The author thought that #4 should be correct,but the manhattan staff thought that #3 would be preferred.
However, I agree with the author.
“(3)句子之间如果要用and连接,那么每个分句必须都有自己的主谓,而且每个分句都要用and连接,这个和单词词组不一样。
比如:sentence1(主+谓), and sentence2(主+谓), and sentence3(主+谓)
注:当然如果用分号或者句号连接每个句子更常见”
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#4难道没有独立的主+谓吗?
manhattan第5版,SC第57页:”However,if you join 2 clause with and,you can put an optimal comma before the and.Doing so is especially recommended when the clauses are long,independent,or both." SC第58页,举了一个例子:”X,and Y: I really like candy apples,and I eat them often.“
Thank you so much,but I still cannot thoroughly understand.