except that…引导从句时可以省略that吗
2024-10-17 19:48:15 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
except 是介词,后面接名词、代词或动名词;except that 可以起连词作用,后面可执着从句,但有人说 except that 引导从句时可以省略 that。
——这一说法对吗?请专家指教!谢谢!
老师答疑
W老师:
▲这个说法没有错,except that 引导从句时确实可以省略 that,但主要见于口语或非正式文体中。
▲下面的内容摘自朗文词典的 except 词条:
Except is not used to introduce another clause. Use unless or except if, except when, except while, except that. (except 不用于引导另一个从句。可以用 unless,except if,except when,except while 或 except that):
We won’t go unless you really want to (NOT except you really want to). 我们不打算去了,除非你真的想去。
I cycle to work, except when it rains (NOT except it rains). 除了下雨天之外,我都是骑车去上班的。
In spoken English, people sometimes leave out “that’(在英语口语中,人们有时省略 that):
The play went well, except (that) a few people forgot their lines. 演出很顺利,只是有几个人忘了台词。
黎老师:
《外研社英汉多功能词典》认为:介词后面可以接从句,可以省略。例如:
I remember nothing, except (that) I had some scary experience. 除了一些令人恐惧的经历之外,我什么都不记得。(p.716)