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问题: never even还是without even? 0分

The dog had a large soft mouth for the safe carrying of hunted creatures, so the paper and the tobacco came to no harm,_____ showing a tooth mark.
A.even without B.without even
C.even never D.never even
答案给的D, B项为什么不选?

解答:

因为showing a tooth mark是现在分词短语,所以要选D。而without是介词,后面应跟名词,动名词或动名词短语,所以不能选B。