GWD-12-31

GWD-12-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

A从语法上看好像没有错误的。但AE相比还是E更好。

A的outnumbering分词作伴随状语，伴随的是主句谓语动词were written，逻辑上有点说不通，被写的时候outnumber？应该是letters（写完的那一堆吧）outnumber...

另外，outnumbering前面还有两个分词结构beginning, ending，三个有并列的嫌疑，句子结构表达不太清楚。

仅供参考。

PREP164. In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. the United States acquired 828.000 square miles for
about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that
brought its western border within reach of the Pacific
Ocean.

A. In the
Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United
  States acquired 828,000 square miles for
about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that
brought

B. For about
four cents an acre the United States
acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803,
828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size and it brought

C.
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000
square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and
bringing

D.
The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase
of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than
doubling the country's size, bringing

E. Acquiring
828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about
four cents an acre, more than doubling the country's size and bringing