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Q31:

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.

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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 1886and outnumbering

4. 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

5. 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

   Answer: E

为什么不选A

A的outnumbering指代不清.

A的意思是1886 outnumber emily寫給任何人的信,但句子的正確意思是 emily寫給susan的信outnumber他寫給任何人的都多.

A和E表达的意思不同，尽管语法都对。

但是怎么能从划线句子推断原句正确的意思呢？

而且E的which were可以省略，也不够简洁啊？

感觉上E的结构比较好，但是无法说A有什么错。

同意ls

当时我选了A，因为原句如果不存在逻辑问题，谓语一般不改成修饰成分，修饰成分也一般不改成谓语

E中有两个问题，第一是“,which”，反正是GMAT极度不喜欢的用法，特别是逗号前的词还不是which的先行词。第二，outnumber是不是应该用过去式？

A中的outnumbering逻辑主语是句子主语，和1886没有什么关系。