As criminal activity on the Internet becomes more and more sophisticated, not only are thieves able to divert cash from company bank accounts, they can also pilfer valuable information such as business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans, and sell the data to competitors.
they can also pilfer valuable information such as business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans, and sell
they can also pilfer valuable information that includes business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans, and selling
also pilfering valuable information including business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans, selling
but also pilfer valuable information such as business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans to sell
but also pilfering valuable information such as business development strategies, new product specifications, and contract bidding plans and selling
题目分析:
本题比较难。很多考生一看到未划线部分有一个not only,然后立刻就在选项中找but also。实际上,not only…but also…确实是一个习惯表达,但是并不是唯一正确的习惯表达。可以用not only…but…,也可以用not only…also…。
选项分析:
A选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
B选项:and身后的selling the data to competitors是一个分词短语,该分词短语在and身前并没有平行对象。
C选项:pilfering valuable information是分词短语。句型not only…but also…中,not only和but also必须各自引导一个完整的句子,需要有完整的主谓结构。(当然,not only…but also…和and做连词是一个道理,也可以因为省略现象而只连接两个功能相同的部分。本题中的not only身后就是一个完整句,所以but also身后也必须是完整句)
D选项:句型not only…but also…中,not only和but also必须各自引导一个完整的句子,本选项的but also身后缺少主语。
E选项:pilfering valuable information是分词短语错误同(C)。
老师,请问一下:
1)后面的also没有放在句首,不是“also can they...”,这样也行么?好像之前的题目都对but/also/but also的位置有要求的,按照这个题目就可以随便放了?我做题时的对正确选项的判断,首先就是but/also/but also得放在句首,其次要求句子要倒装,最后如果主谓省略了,就判断是功能平行。
2)这样的题目能否认为,not only后是完整的句子,而but/also/but also后把主谓都省略了?比如they not only do..., but also do...也是可以的,但第2个就省略了主语。何时必须完整的句子?何时可以省略?
1. but的位置是有要求的,但是also并没有,甚至可以不加。
2. 这个句子相当于是省略的but also~关于可不可以省这个问题,没有规则。还是那句话,GMAT不是考查语法的,所以在成分上没有差异的情况下,语法内容,除掉极为严重的,都是可以忽略的。
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