The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased 5 percent during the first 3 months of this year after it fell over the last two years. (A) which increased 5 percent during the first 3 months of this year after it fell
(B) which had increased 5 percent during the first 3 months of this year after it had fallen
(C) which have increased 5 percent during the first 3 months of this year after falling
(D) with a 5 percent increase during the first 3 months of this year after falling
(E) with a 5 percent increase during the first 3 months of this year after having fallen
想请教下E,after 后面是不是只能跟falling(即动词的现在分词形式)而不能跟助动词having fallen?
A的解释是The verb tenses do not distinguish between the times at which these indicators occurred; the singular it does not agree with the plural profits.是指哪两个动词的先后顺序啊?
还有DE为什么不能用with?
想请教下E,after 后面是不是只能跟falling(即动词的现在分词形式)而不能跟助动词having fallen?
据说after/before having done一般都awkward,因为after/before是有明确的先后关系的,加having done意义何在呢?
A的解释是The verb tenses do not distinguish between the times at which these indicators occurred; the singular it does not agree with the plural profits.是指哪两个动词的先后顺序啊?
A是想说Increase和fall的先后顺序,可是Ron大神说了,这里after 后面用过去时是ok的,OG解释有少数几处错误,此乃其一。A主要错在单复数上
关于with引导的独立主格,我刚查了下,感觉又明白了一点。
看看这个例句:Mobile phones have broken many social taboos, with people answering calls in the middle of a conversation or chatting away on the toilet.
所以with sth/sb doing,这里面的宾语和宾补是有逻辑关系的,比如例句里的people answer call。
回到这题,我之前只是觉得with引导的句子怪怪的,现在终于知道怪在哪儿了。如果是D选项,意思是,with .. increase ... after falling,with后面的宾语是Increase,increase和后面的补充说明不存在逻辑关系,怎么能说increase 又去fall 呢?