OG 16-055 求大神解释outnumbering指代不清的问题

lawrence_yeung · 发表于 2016-7-31 09:40:10

4、Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.
A. Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering

B. Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

C. Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886 and outnumbering

D. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering
E. Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber
正解为E
想求问A选项：OG里解释为outnumbering指代不清，但是 letters to XXX were XXX,outnumbering letters to XXX 这不是一个挺清晰的结构吗？还是因为伴随状语离subject太远？

lawrence_yeung · 发表于 2016-7-31 09:41:05

自己顶一下

lawrence_yeung · 发表于 2016-7-31 10:14:46

找到了答案，贴上来：RON对此问题的回答
this is exactly the problem: the phrase in question, "outnumbering ...", is NOT, in any way whatsoever, a "(direct/indirect) result" of the time period over which the letters were written. these are tw completely independent and unrelated observations about the letters, and so they can't be placed into the sort of construction that appears in choice (a). this is thus not a grammatical problem so much as a problem of clarity, but it's still a problem.

examples:
my brother, who ate bagel bites for breakfast every single day of his high school career, graduated in 1994. --> correct; his eating bagel bites had no impact on his graduation date.
my brother ate bagel bites for breakfast every single day of his high school career, graduating in 1994. --> incorrect; these are two unrelated observations, but this construction erroneously implies some sort of relationship.
简单点说就是：因为两个句子是相互独立的，不存在相互关系，因为不存在伴随结果等的问题，应该要单独分开。

vi.len · 发表于 2016-7-31 11:04:26

lawrence_yeung 发表于 2016-7-31 10:14
找到了答案，贴上来：RON对此问题的回答
this is exactly the problem: the phrase in question, "outnumbe ...

LZ在哪里找到答案的呀？Google吗？求指导

lawrence_yeung · 发表于 2016-7-31 11:36:00

vi.len 发表于 2016-7-31 11:04
LZ在哪里找到答案的呀？Google吗？求指导

直接百度找的

kimchen123 · 发表于 2016-10-28 16:14:48

但是which那儿跟着Dickson, 不是说这样不太好么

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