nor 用法 1 (nor do I)
問:I could not persuade him to accept it, _______ make him see the importance of it.
A. if only I could not
B. no more than I could
C. or I could not
D. nor could I
(大學英語四級試題, 1995. 1 – 42)
請對上題給予分析。
答:這是一個有關nor 用法的常考題型, 在否定的分句(或句子) 之後使用nor 時, nor 之後的分句(或句子) 的主詞和助動詞(或連綴動詞) 要實行倒裝。例如:
- he men were not well dressed. Nor were the women.
那些男人穿得不好。那些女人也穿得不好。 - John doesn’t speak French and nor do I.
約翰不會說法語, 我也不會說法語。 - I didn’t see it, and nor did you.
我沒有看見它, 你也沒有看見。 - He never went again, nor did he write to apologize.
他再也沒有去過, 也沒有寫信道歉過。 - “I don’t like it” “Nor do I.”
“我不喜歡它。”“我也不喜歡。” - He did not know then what had happened, nor did he ever find out.
他當時不知道發生了什麼事, 後來也一直沒弄明白。
小練習:請選出正確的答案。(留言作答)
— Do you know Jim quarrelled with his brother?
— I don’t know, ________.
A. nor don’t I care
B. nor do I care
C. I don’t care neither
D. I don’t care also
nor 用法 2
問:“John is not stupid.”
“ Nor he is.”
上面句子裡nor 為什麼不引起主主詞與動詞倒裝?
答:請與下列對話進行比較:
“John is not stupid.” (“約翰不傻。”)
“Nor is his brother.”(“他弟弟也不傻。”)
在Nor is his brother 這個句子裡, 主詞his brother 傳遞的是新資訊。通過倒裝手段使它得以處在句尾資訊核心的位置上, 從而突出了它的語意分量(強調另一個主詞也具有某種特性) 。從語調上看, 後置的主詞總帶有邏輯重音。而在你所提問的句子“Nor he is.”中, is 是資訊的焦點, 帶有邏輯重音(強調上面提到的主詞確實不具有某種特性) 。如果把is 放在主詞之前, 它就完不成傳遞未知資訊的任務了。換一個說法: 當談論某人或某物不具備某個屬性, 而在分句或答話中確認這一點時, nor 就不會引起倒裝。見so 用法9 。
B. nor do i care.