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nor I do

问

“John is not stupid.”“Nor he is.”

上面句子里 nor 为什么不引起主谓语倒装？

答

请与下列对话进行比较：

“John is not stupid.”“约翰不傻。”

“Nor is his brother.”“他弟弟也不傻。”

在 Nor is his brother. 这个句子里，主语 his brother 传递的是新信息。通过主谓语倒装手段使它得以处在句尾信息核心的位置上，从而突出了它的语意分量（强调另一个主语也具有某种特性）。从语调上看，后置的主语总带有逻辑重音。而在你所提问的句子 Nor he is. 中，is 是信息的焦点，带有逻辑重音，强调上面提到的主语确实不具有某种特性。如果把 is 放在主语之前，它就完不成传递未知信息的任务了。上面的句意是：“约翰不愚蠢。”“是的，他不愚蠢。”见 so did I/so I did。

练习

  1. “I hear that you don’t like the Republican candidate.”

    "That's right. ____ like his opponent!"

    1. A

      I don't, too

    2. B

      Nor do I

    3. C

      I neither

    4. D

      I don't either

  2. The research chemists did not foresee the effects of the drug, and ____ the doctors who prescribed it.

    1. A

      never did

    2. B

      no did

    3. C

      nor did

    4. D

      either didn't

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问

I thought of him, nor did I forget you.

我牢牢记住了一条语法规则：nor引起的分句只能用在另一个否定分句之后。例如：

  1. He never went again, nor did he write to apologize. 他再也没去，也没有写信道歉。

  2. Dumbledore had never revealed that he had replaced the sword with a fake, nor had he so much as mentioned a friendship with Bathilda. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 邓布利多从来没表现出他会在原处放一把假剑，更没有提到过与巴斯尔达的友谊。（《哈利·波特与死亡圣徒》）

但是,我所提出的句子却是 nor 分句用在肯定句之后。这是怎么回事呢?

答

根据现代英语惯用法，在正式的语体里，即使第一个分句是肯定句，也可以使用 nor:

  1. We have many enemies; nor can we be sure of all our friends. (AED) 我们有许多敌人；对我们的朋友也不能全都相信。

  2. All the students were obviously very miserable. Nor were the teachers satisfied with the conditions at the school. (CGEL) 所有的学生显然都很忧伤,教师也不满意学校的状况。

  3. This unique product carries a brand name that represents an entire country; nor is this an accident. [ = "and this is no accident" ] (CGEL) 这种无与伦比的产品拥有代表全国的牌号；而这绝不是偶然的。

在句(1-2)中第一个分句具有含蓄的否定的含义,而在句(3)中第一个分句则毫无否定含义。后一用法仅限于庄重的正式语体。

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问

Neither of us realized that night that these carvings and paintings dated back 15,000 years, nor that the headline in the newspaper would be “The find of the century — Children aged 13 and 11 discover cave paintings.”

上句中的 Neither ... nor 是关联从属连词,作“既不……也不”解吗?

答

由于 neither 和 nor 在一个句子里同现,许多英语老师和学生把它们看作是关联从属连词。其实上句中的 neither 是个代词 (neither of us ——我们俩谁也没有),而 nor 是个连词:用在一个否定的分句之后,引起另一个否定的分句(注意:主语和谓语要进行部分倒装):

  1. He never went again, nor did he write to apologize. 他再也没去，也没有写信道歉。

  2. Dumbledore had never revealed that he had replaced the sword with a fake, nor had he so much as mentioned a friendship with Bathilda. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 邓布利多从来没表现出他会在原处放一把假剑，更没有提到过与巴斯尔达的友谊。(《哈利·波特与死亡圣徒》)

  3. I have never been dishonest, nor do I intend to start being so now. 我从来没有不诚实过，现在我也不打算变得不诚实。

上句中的 nor 分句是个省略形式, 可还原为: nor did we realize that ...

[句意]那天夜里我们俩谁也没有意识到,这些雕刻和绘画已经有1.5万年的历史了,也没有想到报纸的标题会是:“本世纪的发现——13岁和11岁的儿童发现了岩画。”

  1. He wouldn't answer the reporters' questions, nor would he ____ for a photograph. A. summon B. highlight C. pose D. marshal(全国六级,02.1-55)

  2. He is not under arrest, ____ any restriction on him. A. or the police have placed B. or have the police placed C nor the police have placed D. nor have the police placed(全国英语专业四级,95-61)

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