11 OG 45~~请教！~~

45. According to some analysts, the gains in the stock market reflect growing confidence that the economy
            will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier
            in the year and instead come in for a "soft landing," followed by a gradual increase in business activity.

(A)            that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come

(B)           in the economy to avoid the recession, what many feared earlier in the year, rather to come

(C)           in the economy's ability to avoid the recession, something earlier in the year many had feared, and instead to come

(D)           in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year, and rather to come

(E)           that the economy will avoid the recession that was feared earlier this year by many, with it instead coming

The original sentence successfully avoids the problems that may occur in a long sentence with multiple modifiers. Two subordinate clauses begin with that, and one of them is contained within another. That many had feared earlier in the year clearly defines the recession. That the economy will avoid ... and instead (will understood) come... is the subordinate clause that follows the main clause; its
                subject,
                economy, is followed by two parallel verbs,
                will avoid and (will understood) come. Instead before the second verb properly indicates contrast.

A Correct. This sentence contains two correct

subordinate clauses introduced by that.

B What cannot replace that, the economy to avoid

the recession is awkward and unclear_;
                rather

to come does not complete the second part of

the sentence idiomatically

C Earlier in the year should follow many had

feared, rather than preceding it; instead to

come does not complete the second part of

the sentence idiomatically

D The recession must be followed by that, were fearing is the wrong tense; rather to come does not complete the second part of the sentence idiomatically

E The passive voice construction
                that was feared ... is weak and wordy; with it instead coming is awkward, wordy, and ungrammatical

请问大家 A选项中的mang指代什么？？

斗胆回答一个：

many这里做代词，意思是a large number of people or things

请看这个句子，来自Longman当代many（pronoun,determiner,adj.），括号里面的内容是他自己带的：

His third novel is regarded by many (=a lot of people) as his best.

估计这是一种习惯用法，我认为这时就像我们中文中说“很多人”一样，many已经不是很多了，而是很多人了，所以指代已经清楚了。

另外，longman上many的确只有pron这一种名词词性，刚才那个例子就是在这个词条下的。但是经过lz提醒，我又去查了Webster，上面写many还有名词词性，表示1 a large but indefinite number *a good many of them*；2  the great majority of people *the many*。但是我认为这里好像还是代词词性的说的通，请见Webster下many的pronoun词条，a large number of persons or things *many are called*，例子和上面那个句子很像，都是many直接用了，而名词时好像前面要加冠词用“the many”。

不知道理解的对不对。请大家指正。

lz实在太客气了，共同讨论共同进步。

以下这个帖子有45题的讨论，时态的问题讨论的挺热烈的：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&replyid=2510932&id=148994&page=1&skin=0&Star=1

个人觉得这个地方好像不是定语丛句，而是同位语丛句。confidence的内容就是后面that丛句中的内容，而且that在丛句中不担当任何成分。

不知道对ls有帮助没。水平有限，如有误导，还望见谅。

many =many people

many在这里可以直接理解为名词,做第二个THAT引导的定语从句里的主语.

而且根据WEBSTER'S的字典对MANY的解释也有名词这一项:

作n.的解释如下:
1 : a large but indefinite number  *a good many of them*
2 : the great majority of people  *the many*

而且对于第一个THAT从句,我赞同之前讨论贴里说的,是宾语从句