[求助]OG13th SC 第74题 neither nor, but rather的用法问题

norapiano

74. Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.

(A) Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is

(B) Despite the fact that it covers the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neither seamless nor is it stationary, but is

(C) Despite covering the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neither seamless nor is it stationary, but rather

(D) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth’s crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather

(E) Although covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, but

Idiom; Parallelism; Logical predication

A dangling modifier is an error in sentence structure whereby a participle is associated with a word other than the one intended or with no particular word at all. In this sentence, Earth is the closest word to the participial clause, and so the latter means that Earth is covering the entire planet (itself), which is a contradiction.

A This version has a dangling participle. The addition of it is before fragmented is unwarranted and makes the sentence ungrammatical. Neither … nor … but rather would make the intended relationship among seamless, stationary, andfragmented clearer and more precise than not … or … rather.
B Parallel structure is disrupted by the addition of is it after nor and by the addition of is after but.
C Parallel structure is disrupted by the addition of is it after nor.
D Correct. Despite and although are very close in meaning. However, despite is a preposition and needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, while although is a conjunction and should be followed by a finite clause. This version uses although correctly. The parallel structure is also clear and correct.
E Although is a conjunction and should be followed by a finite clause with a subject, not by a participle. In addition, the first clause represents a dangling modifier. Omitting rather from the parallel structure neither X nor Y but rather Z is possible, but not optimal.
The correct answer is D.


这题难度并不大，通过neither nor平行直接选出D
1.我是想确认一下，解析里面说的neither nor but rather是不是可以这么理解：
X is Neither A nor B, but rather C是一个习惯表达, A B C三者平行
没有在manhattan里见过类似的知识点
2.另外 A选项的Despite its covering the entire planet 曾经看到过很多 's 后面接ing
就是物主后面接动名词，感觉很别扭，这里是否有相关的知识点或者原则？
谢谢大家了先

ps 有语法讨论群么 不方便公开的给发个私信也成 还有很多细节上的东西想请教大家呢

norapiano

。。。。。。这么冷清么？

chenyd11

第一个我也想问， 但是第二个是状语从句的省略，考察逻辑主语是否一致，如果一致且从句是主系表结构时，可以省略从句中（主+系动词）的结构

kaye523

回答第一个
我认为不算是固定搭配，rather本身有这么几个意思：
1:  with better reason or more propriety  : more properly  
*this you should pity rather than despise（轻视，鄙视） ——Shakespeare
2 : more readily or willingly  : PREFERABLY  
*I'd rather not go*  
*would rather read than watch television*
——often used interjectionally（感叹地） to express affirmation（批准，确认）
3 :more correctly speaking  
*my father, or rather my stepfather*
4 : to the contrary  : INSTEAD
*it was no better but rather grew worse*
——Mark 5:26  (Revised Standard Version)
5 : in some degree  : SOMEWHAT  
*it's rather warm*
*spent rather a lot of money*
——often used as a mild intensive（温和加强语气）

3、4是我的知识盲区，这里应该是第四种用法（from韦氏词典）

醒醒Shine

当看到although和but同时出现时，我第一反应也吓了一跳
所以警醒朋友们理解语义多么重要  我又上当了

but在这里当然是转折的用法，rather作为副词更加强了这种对比意味
我也认为跟这是不是固定搭配无关
所谓固定搭配，一定是90%以上的地方能常见看到的特定用法
而这里并没有那么常见，只是单次各司其职表示程度和对比的效果

斩黑4

醒醒Shine 发表于 2014-1-13 23:08
当看到although和but同时出现时，我第一反应也吓了一跳
所以警醒朋友们理解语义多么重要  我又上当了

看到although but 吓一跳。。。 回去一看，发现这里but 不是和although 并列的，but 转折的是后面的neither nor 部分。。所以不存在这个问题

yuanhaowen

but出现在主句中表主句成分的比较，是主句成分的一部分。
而although是一个从句，所以两者并不矛盾。
也不是什么idioms。neither nor，but rather应该是固定搭配吧

alexanderwww

是不是因为其实rather只是adv，只是修饰，可加可不加，其实还是原来那个习语！
但是想问although后面的doing是不是还是要去修饰主句的主语呢？