「语法小教室」
今天的语法小教室,我们来重点介绍though.
我们都知道,although和though都可以用于对比或转折意思的从句中,表示虽然;尽管的意思,不过在日常会话中,我们经常使用的是though,而正式的书面语中通常用although.
有时,为了强调,我们通常在though前面加上even,比如:
She wore a fur coat, even though it was a very hot day.
尽管天气很热,她还是穿了一件裘皮外套。
可在although前面,却不能这样使用。
中国人讲虽然后面常接但是,用一组关联词组构成转折的意思,所以,许多人在使用although/though时,也就想当然地把but/yet加在了后面,于是就出现了这样的句子:
Although he was late, yet he stopped to buy a sandwich.
其实,外国人讲话多讲求简洁,一个although/though就足够了,正确的讲法应该是:
Although he was late, he stopped to buy a sandwich.
有一个短语和though的意思差不多,那就是in spite of/despite,不过它们在用法上差别还是很明显的,比如:
Though he worked hard, he failed the exam.
In spite of his hard work, he failed the exam.
也就是说,in spite of/despite要用在名词、代词或动名词前面,而although/though却要总领一个句子。
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