【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份量(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。换一个说法：当谈论同一个主语不具备某个属性，又不具备另一个属性时，nor就不会引起主谓语倒装。见so do I(so I do)。

请做下面的英语试题：

1. She never laughed，____lose her temper.

A. or she ever did B. or did she ever

C. nor did she ever D. nor she ever did

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

“That’s right.____like his opponent!”

A. I don’t，too，B. Nor do I

C. I neither D. I don’t either

3. The research chemists did not foresee the effects of the drug，and____the doctorswho prescribed it.

A. never did B. no did

C. nor did D. either didn’t