[rather than & instead of] OG VERBAL REVIEW 2 – Q#52

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Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
A. rather than developing independently from
B. rather than a type that developed independently from
C. rather than a type whose developments was independent of
D. instead of developing independently from
E. instead of a development that was independent of

一份语义解释资料里的关于A和D的语义差别如下: [题主不明白为何从rather than 和instead of 的不同推出这两个示意句子]
 Like choice A – Company ABC has developed independently from its parent organization XYZ.
o This implies that company ABC has developed from its parent organization. But it has done so independently without any extra outside assistance.
题主os:developed independently from 不就是独立发展的意思么,怎么还成了有developed from的关系但是加成 independently限定的意思?
 Like choice D – Development of company ABC is independent of its parent organization XYZ.
o This implies that company ABC development has nothing to do with its parent organization

又搜到这个:
R.Quirk编著的《英语语法大全》p.1387明确指出：和as well as及in stead of一样,rather than后面跟一个和母句中的动词形式并不匹配的ing分词分句时,它是介词,而不是准并列连词.
这里是不是说,rather than 接doing 有强调动作的意思;
而instead of 接 doing 就是和前面并列(上文提到的准并列连词?)做 are 的表语, 偏向名词?

模糊了,求点拨确认.
谢谢大家~

benjaminsandro

这题选的应该是B吧......
developed independently from和developments was independent of的区别指的是B和C的区别。
因为题目比较前项是branch，后面肯定不能用doing sth或者a development；于是只能说a type，就只剩下BC了。
BC之间的意思是不一样的，参考你找到的资料就行：
developed independently from XXX——中心是developed from，也就是说前者是XXX发展来的；加上independently说明没有外力帮助。
developments was independent of XXX——含义是这个发展跟XXX没关系，意思跟原题完全不一样。

Jointfly

rather than parallel pattern, a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than + a type of

猪小王

benjaminsandro 发表于 2015-4-16 00:37
这题选的应该是B吧......
developed independently from和developments was independent of的区别指的是B和 ...

同意！               

AMBER513

benjaminsandro 发表于 2015-4-16 00:37
这题选的应该是B吧......
developed independently from和developments was independent of的区别指的是B和 ...

我也觉得