除此之外,介词on, in, with, at, of, to等引导的介词短语,不定式符号to,分词结构也可以作为拆分点。
例如:Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassionate manner that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena。(35词,2003年62题)
拆分本句的信号词有:which, in, that。注意本句出现的两个and连接的是几个词汇,并非句子,所以不用作为拆分点。因此这个句子可以拆分成四个片段。拆分后句子的总结构是:1)主干Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry,2)定语从句which seeks to study humans and their endeavors,3)方式状语in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassionate manner,4)定语从句that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena。