问题是，为什么B会awkward？过去式并列不是很好吗？ 42. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest. (A) extending (B) extends (C) extended (D) it extended (E) is extending Parallelism; Verb form Th e original sentence is correctly written. Th e giant fungus is described as an interwoven filigree spawned … some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres. Th e present participle extending parallels the past participle spawned. A Correct. Th is sentence has the participles spawned and extending in a correct parallel construction. Spawned refers to something that happened in the past, while extending refers to something that continues into the present. B Extends is a present tense verb, not the participle needed for parallel structure; the ostensible parallel between extends and the distant verb is is superficial and would result in an awkward and unclear sentence.作者: cx_ding 时间: 2009-12-2 03:12
根据prep笔记，现在分词表达的是修饰对象和分词之间有主动的含义，过去分词有被动含义。 要根据逻辑含义判断用现在分词还是过去分词。 根据BY，分词可以和分词并列。但没有说现在分词一定要和现在分词并列，过去分词也一样。作者: yhwut 时间: 2009-12-2 07:06
因为分词能修饰名词，动词不能啊作者: dontwannalose 时间: 2009-12-2 07:10
extends会和前面的is错误平行，这样就awkward了（ the ostensible parallel between extends and the distant verb is is superficial and would result in an awkward and unclear sentence.）