有关并列连词的命题在考试中占有极重要的地位。并列连接词不仅自身是命题的焦点，它还涉及到一些其它的题型，如平行结构，词类、及一致等考试要点。一般说来，有关并列连词的题目并不深涩，因为连接词无论在语意上还是结构功能上都并非孤立使用。而且，细察并列连词的题目，还可寻见其中的命题规律。
并列连词常考题型及解题要点
1. 并列连词 and but or混淆
解题要点 这类题型当A、B、C、D四项选择中出现单独的and或but 或or 时，它通常就是此题的焦点，应根据句意判断此连词是否用错。
例题要分析
(1) Harvesting of grains is affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of moisture, but both.
[答案] 根据句意，这里并无转折关系。因此but 应改为or。
(2) Porcelain is not a single clay, and a compound of kaolin. Ball clay, feldspar. And silica.
[答案] 此句表达的是一个取舍关系，and应改为but. “not…but”是表达转折含义的固定并列连词搭配。
3. The structure or behavior of many protozoans are amazingly comples for single-celled artimals.
[答案] 根据句中复数谓语动词are 来判断，连词or是错误，它表述的概含是两项之一，应用单数第三人称动词。固而or应改为and。
(4) Cayenne popper comes from the seedpot of the pepper plant which is dried or then ground.
[答案] 根据提示词then，我们可以判断dried 和ground (grind 的过去分词，碾碎)是顺序先后的两个动作，并非取舍选择关系。因此or应改为and。
2. 并列连接词词组
both…and as…as
not only …but also not so…as
either…or the same…as
neither…nor 比较级(more-re) …than
so…that to…to常与so…that
whether…or 混淆搭配
解题要点；上述并列连词词组和短语必须搭配使用，不能承意更换或省略。考题中如出现上述词组的任何一部分，则注意另一部分是否正确。
例题分析
(1) In meteorology. Either formation of clouds and the oreciporddidon of dew rain and snow are known as condensation。
[答案] either改为both，组成both…and词组
(2) The survival of a forest depends not only on amount of annual rainfall it receives. And also on the seasonal distribution of the rain.
[答案] and改为but，组成not only…but also 词组
(3) Lucretia Mott’s influence was too significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United State.
[答案] too改为so,组成so…that结构。
(4) The gorilla, not as curious than the chimpanzee, shows more persistence and memory retention in solving a problem.
[答案] than改为as， 组成not as…as 结构。
(5) Some linguious believe that the earliest languages were no less complex as modern languages。
[答案] as 改为than,组成“比较级…than”的句型。
(6) Whether as statesman, scientist, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin was destined to gain lasting honor throughout much of the world.
[答案] and改为or，组成whether…or的结构。
(7) Meadowlarks are about the same size than robins, they have heavier bodies, shorter tails, and longer bills.
[答案] than改为as，组成the same…as的结构。
(8) Nature not only gave the Middle Atlantic fine harbors, however endowed it with a first-class system of inland waterways.
[答案] however 改为but also,组成not only…but also结构。