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都对, 我猜

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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛刚好手上有本语法书, 摘录一段:
Rather than: aniithetical constructions not parallel

Antithetical constructions are used to state that something is true of one thing but untrue of another.

"He chose to sail to the island rather than swimming there" is nonparallel, and it is easily made parallel by changing "swimming" to "to swim" or simply to "swim"--it is often permissible to leave out "to" in an infinitive, though "to" should be either consistently included or consistently ommitted in the second and subswquent infinitives in a series, as explained earlier in this rule. However, nonparallelisms with "rather than" are often not objectionable, even in such a straightforward sentence as the example, and sometimes they are necessary. "He sailed to the island rather than swimming there" and "he sailed to the island rather than swim there" are not, but the second and third versions do not mean the same as the first; the first version simply tells us what he did and did not do, whereas the second suggests to us and the third tells us that he made a conscious decision between alternatives.

不知道你觉得有道理否? 但是说THAN是介词的解释好象有点不通. 另外觉得你的说法更顺耳一些呢?更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / English / 请教DX：今天上课时我用eat in 和eat out造了这样一个句子： -trintron(secondhandTV); 2002-10-11 {261} (#793971@0)
    I would rather eat in than eat out。老师说应该是：I would rather eat in than eating out。我说若是parallel structure，我的应是对的，老师的不对。老师说than是介词，他的是对的。后来回家我在字典上找到例句：Wouldn't you rather be liked than feared?请问DX，到底谁对？
    • 都对, 我猜 -dropoutinmiami(东北的饺子); 2002-10-11 {1213} (#793991@0)
      本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛刚好手上有本语法书, 摘录一段:
      Rather than: aniithetical constructions not parallel

      Antithetical constructions are used to state that something is true of one thing but untrue of another.

      "He chose to sail to the island rather than swimming there" is nonparallel, and it is easily made parallel by changing "swimming" to "to swim" or simply to "swim"--it is often permissible to leave out "to" in an infinitive, though "to" should be either consistently included or consistently ommitted in the second and subswquent infinitives in a series, as explained earlier in this rule. However, nonparallelisms with "rather than" are often not objectionable, even in such a straightforward sentence as the example, and sometimes they are necessary. "He sailed to the island rather than swimming there" and "he sailed to the island rather than swim there" are not, but the second and third versions do not mean the same as the first; the first version simply tells us what he did and did not do, whereas the second suggests to us and the third tells us that he made a conscious decision between alternatives.

      不知道你觉得有道理否? 但是说THAN是介词的解释好象有点不通. 另外觉得你的说法更顺耳一些呢?更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
      • more..."the normally conjunctive phrase 'rather than' is often used, and used correctly, as if it were a prepositional phrase such as 'instead of', and -dropoutinmiami(东北的饺子); 2002-10-11 {139} (#794001@0)
        when it is so used, the rule that items joined by conjuctions should be as grammatically similar as possible must sometimes be abandoned."
    • 你老师是对的。你是错的。因为好多人都象你这么说，好象有点将错就错的味。考试时一定要用than eating out。但我的美国同学会说than eat out。供参考！ -cx57(冷月); 2002-10-11 (#794028@0)

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