[求助]gwd16－31

Q31:

答案选E，A哪里错了？E中的时态对吗？

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 1886and 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

我也觉得A没有错

A is wrong.

I would like to see more people give their feedbacks before I explain why it is wrong.

单纯从语法角度讲,A 可以说没有问题.

但是如果选择A,句子的重心有问题:

原句应强调的是letters.....outnumber(即, 谓语动词应为outnumber),而不是这些信的书写时间(没有意义,且逻辑略显模糊).所以 "...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"应为修饰letters的定语从句,且最好为非限定性定语从句(因为可以拿掉)的主体---就缺引导词了.

E解决了这个问题;本身时态似乎也没有问题,因为说的是一个事实.

可以这样理解吗?

马甲怎么还不来回答呢？？？

偶很想知道你的精辟见解！~~~~

我觉得不可以这样理解。如果只是重心的问题，通常ETS的解释都是E改变了原句的重心，你这样解释好像是在往正确答案上靠。只是个人看法，不知道对不对。

马甲哥哥快来给我们讲讲吧~

我回来了。这两天太忙了。对不起。呵呵。。。

Whenever you see the V+ing of this kind, you need to know that it happens for a reason. There must be a causual relationship in the whole sentence. In other words, you can rewrite the sentence in the following way: Because .....,(then).......

Now take a look at choice A, and rearrange it according to the above format:

 Because Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period...., (they) outnumbered......

Does it have a causual relationship? No. It doesn't make sense at all. So A is out for good.

马甲哥哥的解释果然精彩.

也许"重心"一词用的不好",抱歉!!!  

这就是一道句意题(或语法逻辑题), 试着理解句意会发现A 的表达的不清爽.

两个选项语法都没有错误的时候(前提是能分辨出来),只能是哪个表达的"更准确,更清楚,更简洁(不一定是更短)",那个更正确.

没有这个提防,遇到这样的题很容易错.

无他,一个善意的提示.

相信官方也是这样解释的！~