Q16:
While digging in the Egyptian desert, huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
A. huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been
B. huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appear to be from
C. it appears that paleontologists have found huge fossil bones that are from
D. paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what appears to be
E. paleontologists have found huge fossil bones, which are from what appear to be
我选了D，答案是E，请教这两个答案的区别。这厢有礼先~~~~
啊！！！偶手头的答案是E呀。。^_^
太谢谢LES了。。。。
我认为答案应是E。
What应该与second most massive dinosaur， 谓语appear对应单数形式。
E: which are from what appear to be is the tense of verb right?
语法点有2：
1。appear 应用单数形式，其主语指dinosaur
2。E的从句是非限定性定语从句，与主句的联系相对较弱，可有可无，拿掉也不影响句子的意思，
不如D中的介词段语简洁且紧凑，该介词段语是不可缺少的。
D 中的from修饰found : 考古学家从看起来是第二大恐龙的东西中发现了化石.
E: 考古学家发现了化石, 该化石来自看起来是第二大恐龙的东西
这里what不应该是指dinosaur, 而是指某(些)看起来象恐龙的东西.
根据语法答案应该是D, 但意思怪怪的
what应该是指的化石呀.
如果指的是孔龙,那么'from what apppears to be the second most massive dinosaur"的意思不就变成了恐龙看起来象恐龙了吗?
E虽然罗里八所的,可是至少能让我们明白它在讲什么意思呀
D 中的from修饰found : 考古学家从看起来是第二大恐龙的东西中发现了化石.
E: 考古学家发现了化石, 该化石来自看起来是第二大恐龙的东西
这里what不应该是指dinosaur, 而是指某(些)看起来象恐龙的东西.
根据语法答案应该是D, 但意思怪怪的
I think the answer is E.
1. In D, from clause has ambiguiy. We do not know it 修饰 found or 作定语修饰 bones.
D 中的from修饰found : 考古学家从看起来是第二大恐龙的东西中发现了化石.
or
D 中的from修饰bones : 考古学家发现了来自看起来是第二大恐龙的东西化石,
About we should use "appears" or "appear". I only remember grammer book said if 主系表结构, the verb tense follows 表语单复数.
Any NN? help!
what应该是指的化石呀.
如果指的是孔龙,那么'from what apppears to be the second most massive dinosaur"的意思不就变成了恐龙看起来象恐龙了吗?
I disagree.
Give U an example:What is your name?
According to ur opinion,the example may be grammatically wrong.
我支持E，感觉D有很明显的歧义。
我支持E，感觉D有很明显的歧义。
我支持E，感觉D有很明显的歧义。
请明示D的歧义，谢谢
D. paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what appears to be
from 有前后都可修饰之嫌，是bones from what appears to...
还是 from what apperas to...呢？请再想想看，是不是啊？
我觉得不存在歧义，因为:
from the second most massive dinosaur 只有一个意思，意思为“从恐龙里发现了化石”，而不管from the second most massive dinosaur 是修饰整个句子，还是修饰bones。
再说，E中的appear应该用单数啊
直觉地感觉D的from是修饰have found的，find sth. from多顺啊，而且意思也没错
E的appear应该加s，而且非限定性定从也不对，不是所有的huge fossil bones都是from what appears to be ... 的
感觉选D
what=the thing that吧，记得老师讲过，这句话就成了found huge fossil bones from the thing that appears to……
俺也感觉from是修饰found的，found sth from……
俺不是nn，在这胡言几句，说说自己的看法而已
选D
from which 可以理解成 which...from的提前。
但是from what 我没找到这样的用法。
而且what clause引导名词性从句，只能作为from的宾语。
NN指教。
如果不是少了个s，真的觉得E更好
找到了这个改错的原文，原来是出自纽约时报的，不过被ETS稍加了改动。ETS明显把原文中的of改成了from,看来要不是e中的appear没有s,D的from真会有歧义
原文：
http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329
Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
找到了这个改错的原文，原来是出自纽约时报的，不过被ETS稍加了改动。ETS明显把原文中的of改成了from,看来要不是e中的appear没有s,D的from真会有歧义
原文：
http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329
Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
真N!! 这也能找到
我认为 D中后半部分可能倒装了
the second most massive dinosaur (that ever lived) appears to be from what(what=huge fossil bones)
不知道对不对, 还请指教
原句是“Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.”(http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329)
这句可以理解为paleontologists have found *** of the second most massive dinosaur from desert
of 指出化石的来源 from说的是化石的出土位子 我觉得D别扭的地方在于
paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what appears to be
from 应该改成of 不然from后面应该接一个地理位子
但是E
paleontologists have found huge fossil bones, which are from what appear to be
用which 避开了这个问题 说他们找到了石头 石头应该是从恐龙那里来的
如果大家觉得不对 请积极打击我
I agree that D is better because the agreement(Should be 'appears') of E is not correct.
But I think the meaning of 'from' is not used as 'found sth from sth'.It should be "the bones are from the dinosaur.
我支持选E，虽然E看上去罗嗦，但说明了意思，在难题里面意思正确大于结构正确
D的问题在，from会有歧义，到底修饰found还是bones呢？
E的问题是避免了歧义，表明from是修饰bones
原句是“Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.”(http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329)
这句可以理解为paleontologists have found *** of the second most massive dinosaur from desert
of 指出化石的来源 from说的是化石的出土位子 我觉得D别扭的地方在于
paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what appears to be
from 应该改成of 不然from后面应该接一个地理位子
但是E
paleontologists have found huge fossil bones, which are from what appear to be
用which 避开了这个问题 说他们找到了石头 石头应该是从恐龙那里来的
如果大家觉得不对 请积极打击我
我也是根据句子的意思选E的。
如果选D，“考古学家从第二大恐龙里找到化石”，要知道“第二大恐龙”肯定也是化石呀，引申下去，原文就变成“考古学家从化石里找到化石”，简直是一句废话。
如果选E，“考古学家发现了化石，化石看来是从第二大恐龙里来的”，表达明确。
但是E中appear单复数确有问题，迷惑中。。。
what可能是指代the Egyptian desert， the second most massive dinosaur生活的地方。
I agree that D is better because the agreement(Should be 'appears') of E is not correct.
But I think the meaning of 'from' is not used as 'found sth from sth'.It should be "the bones are from the dinosaur.
真是费解
这道题选D，大家可以查喳what的用法，忘记是白勇还是刘政民语法里说过what后面的谓语动词的单复数形式取决于后面的宾语，这道题the second most massive dinosaur是单数，故只能用appears.
那怎么答案是E啊。。
郁闷
找到了这个改错的原文，原来是出自纽约时报的，不过被ETS稍加了改动。ETS明显把原文中的of改成了from,看来要不是e中的appear没有s,D的from真会有歧义
原文：
http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329
Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
找到了这个改错的原文，原来是出自纽约时报的，不过被ETS稍加了改动。ETS明显把原文中的of改成了from,看来要不是e中的appear没有s,D的from真会有歧义
原文：
http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329
Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
从原文就可以看出，原文表达的意思是说考古学家发现了某种/某些看似历史第二大的恐龙的动物的骨头化石，而不是从某种看似史上第二大恐龙的东西里发现了骨头化石。而后者的含义却会因为D的结构而产生。D的结构存在歧义。
而且题目毕竟对原文的结构做了修改，在划线部分中，题目倾向于将这个信息处理成为对骨头化石的一个补充说明的成分。
我觉得这些都将答案指向了E。至于what的话，是不是能理解为指代animals呢？
Q16:
While digging in the Egyptian desert, huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
A. huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appears to have been
B. huge fossil bones have been found by paleontologists, which appear to be from
C. it appears that paleontologists have found huge fossil bones that are from
D. paleontologists have found huge fossil bones from what appears to be
E. paleontologists have found huge fossil bones, which are from what appear to be
我选了D，答案是E，请教这两个答案的区别。这厢有礼先~~~~
咋没人给解释一下C为什么不对捏？
C错的原因在于改变了句子的意思，appear 不是来修饰整个句子的，而只是修饰这个恐龙看起来像
开始我也根据语感，觉得是形式宾语更紧凑就选了C ,但是逻辑意思上是错的 ，C错
找到了这个改错的原文，原来是出自纽约时报的，不过被ETS稍加了改动。ETS明显把原文中的of改成了from,看来要不是e中的appear没有s,D的from真会有歧义
原文：
http://www.hws.edu/alumni/alumnews/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=329
Digging at an oasis in the Egyptian desert, paleontologists have found huge fossil bones of what they say appears to have been the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived.
根据原句的意思，个人认为这道题的思路应该为：
首先考虑Logical Structure，即句首的分词digging与主语的逻辑关系，这样排除ABC
其次考虑Agreement，E中的what appear确实是个硬伤，所以E被排除
这样，仅从语法的角度上，答案选D没问题。
但是，按照OG的方法，再将D选项放回原句看整句话的语义，就会产生明显的问题：(借用一下杨鹏难句中的符号)
paleontologists
have found
huge fossil bones / from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived /
整句话的意思就变成了：考古学家从某种恐龙发现了化石（对比NYTimes的原句意思——考古学家发现了某种恐龙的化石）
整个语义完全不符合逻辑！
有前辈在前面的帖提到这句话可以理解为：
paleontologists
have found
huge fossil bones (from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived )。
我想这是在知道了句子的语义之后进行的语法分析。OG中说需要再将选项放回原句检查，其最终目的是要保证语法能够准确表达语义，而不是由语义来分析验证语法的使用。故认为选项D从语义分析上不合理。
所以，这道题仅从语法上分析，确实应该选D；但如果考虑到语义，这道题本身就有问题。
个人浅见，可能要贻笑大方了～
做这题在D和E之间选择的时候就是觉得逻辑意义上这个found sth from sth不通，所以选了E，的确没有注意到appear的问题。
举个例子：
He found the button from the box. 表示空间上：扣子在盒子里。
He found the button, which is from the coat. 表示扣子是属于衣服的。
两个from表示的意思是很不同的。
如果说这题中要表达的意思是找到fossil bones时，空间上，它们在the second most massive dinosaur里，这个意思是很难让人接受的。
前面N人找到的原句意思中from是用的of，也说明本意是指bones属于dinosaur，而不是找到时空间上在dinosaur里。
（当然，空间上bones确实应该在dinosaur里，是它的骨头嘛。但这里强调bones的历史来源比强调发掘现场的微观空间情况会更有意义）
因此认为D是不合适的。
但是E的appear又是个明显的漏洞。
所以我的看法是：
做了这题收获两个点。1个是逻辑意思的合理性（这也是语法题的考点），还有1个就是小心appear这样的容易排除又容易漏看的地方。
有了这些收获，这道题D对还是E对就不重要了。
根据原句的意思，个人认为这道题的思路应该为：
首先考虑Logical Structure，即句首的分词digging与主语的逻辑关系，这样排除ABC
其次考虑Agreement，E中的what appear确实是个硬伤，所以E被排除
这样，仅从语法的角度上，答案选D没问题。
但是，按照OG的方法，再将D选项放回原句看整句话的语义，就会产生明显的问题：(借用一下杨鹏难句中的符号)
paleontologists
have found
huge fossil bones / from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived /
整句话的意思就变成了：考古学家从某种恐龙发现了化石（对比NYTimes的原句意思——考古学家发现了某种恐龙的化石）
整个语义完全不符合逻辑！这里from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived是用来修饰bones，整句话的意思是考古学家发现了fossil bones，这种fossil bones是来自于。。。
有前辈在前面的帖提到这句话可以理解为：
paleontologists
have found
huge fossil bones (from what appears to be the second most massive dinosaur that ever lived )。
我想这是在知道了句子的语义之后进行的语法分析。OG中说需要再将选项放回原句检查，其最终目的是要保证语法能够准确表达语义，而不是由语义来分析验证语法的使用。故认为选项D从语义分析上不合理。
所以，这道题仅从语法上分析，确实应该选D；但如果考虑到语义，这道题本身就有问题。
个人浅见，可能要贻笑大方了～
既然要考G，就不要怀疑GMAT这个考试的权威性，所有解题思路都要往考试的方向靠，不要浪费时间在怀疑题目的正确与否上面
个人意见，仅供参考
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