逗号的用法

To error is human; to forgive, divine.

divine前的逗号是相当于is吗?

如果因为前后两句相同成分省略,那么is省略,即不用逗号是否可以?

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最佳答案 2022-05-22 20:23

张道真《英语语法大全》下册第 428 页的说法就可以解释你这个问题:

17. (逗号)和分号一道表示某些重复的词已被省略:

John has one; Mary, two.

但:John has one, Mary two.

Reading makes a full man; conference, a ready man.

但:
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man.

Egyptians give us agriculture; Romans, law.

My father takes care of John; my mother, Mary.

Painters express their feeling by forms and colours; musicians, by sounds; poets, by words.

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