Some were laughing, others crying是独立主格还是省略

问题描述

Some were laughing, others crying.

上文中 others crying 是独立主格还是省略现象？感谢回答。

老师答疑

曹老师：

回答这个问题之前，必须先解释所谓的逗号句。通常并列的词、词组或分句需要用并列连词连接。二项并列用and连接，三项或以上并列时，只在最后两项之间用and，其余的and用逗号代替。如四项并列，我们说A，B，C and D. 一旦and出现，听话人就知道列举结束了。

但有的时候并列的词项或分句较多，说话人只是举例一二，并不是全部列举，这时and就不出现，列举就成了：A，B, C。 这个时候听话人应该明白这只是举例，可能还有D、E、F等，说话人并没有列举。大家只要留心的话，一定会发现其实英美文章中是有所谓的逗号句的。即并列的词项并没有用并列连词。其中的原因就是列举不完整，还有未尽之意。

现在回到问题句。我们知道，当我们说了some之后，再提剩下的全部时，要用the others. 如果不是剩下的全部，则说others。那么还会有still others等。也就是说some和the others之间必须有并列连词连接。但some和others之间由于不是全部列举，经常只用逗号连接，暗示还有其它情况，此处忽略未举。

因此问题句中的some和other形成对比，应该都是限定动词作谓语。不应该视为独立主格结构。陈老师和webster老师的解答是正确的，但未解释为什么是逗号连接句子。关键就是some后为others，而不是the others.

陈老师：

Some were laughing, others crying.

上文中 others crying 是独立主格还是省略现象？感谢回答。

同意Webster老师解答

以上省略句相当于下面2个句子

(1)Some were laughing while others were crying.

(2)Some were laughing and others were crying.

有人在笑，有人却在哭泣。

W老师：

上文中 others crying 是省略现象，原句相当于：

Some were laughing, others were crying.

类似的用法如：

(1) Some of the birds had been shot, others trapped.

(2) Some are born in slavery, others born merely poor.

(3) In tests the drug caused patients to have hallucinations—some imagined the walls were melting, others that they could fly.