And这个词在平行结构中是比较常见,下面我们列举了些AND的应用
X and Y X, Y, and Z |
Apples AND pears Apples, pears, AND bananas |
请注意,我们在使用AND时通常将其至于最后一个元素前面,而当前面有两个或三个元素的时候我们往往会在每个元素后添加逗号。而如果只有两个元素的话我们一般是省略逗号,但有的例句会依然保留,这不影响我们对句子的判断。
例如对于X, and Y结构:I really like candy apples, AND I eat them often.
如果一个句子比较长,且其中包含短语时,我们就要特别留意短语的平行。例如
◆ Wrong: She argues that the agency acts with disregard for human life AND property AND reckless abandon AND it should therefore be shut down.
四个下划线的部分都由AND连接,但是却不平行的,human life AND property是相互平行,但reckless abandon却不和以上平行,而且前面三个元素和第四个句子并不平行。正确的应该是:
◆ Right: She argues THAT the agency acts WITH reckless abandon AND WITH disregard for human life ANDproperty, AND THAT it should therefore be shut down.
我们用个图表更形象的表达所对应的平行结构:
She argues |
THAT the agency acts |
WITH reckless abandon |
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WITH disregard for |
human life |
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property |
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THAT it should therefore be abandoned |
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