标题: [求助]og12第12题（og13第14题） [打印本页] 作者: cloudyay 时间: 2012-7-22 19:59 标题: [求助]og12第12题（og13第14题） Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly bv increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth. (A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead (B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads (C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead (D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads (E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
vikramk1986 wrote:Hi ...can u plz explain ..why they have taken Inventories rather than taking "rising inventories" - gerund phrase - which would have been singular...and we could have used Leads instead of lead.
If rising were a gerund here, then inventories would be its direct object. But the verb TO RISE cannot take a direct object. We don't rise something; we RAISE something. Hence, rising here is an ADJECTIVE modifying the subject inventories.