OG 11-062中法律条文的解释

swimswan · 发表于 2010-12-27 22:22:21

62. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates thatmunicipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

（A)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
（B)reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
（C)reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

（D)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
（E)reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities

Verb form + Idiom

An agreement that occurred in 1972 is correctly described with the past tense verb reduced. Since the dumping continues into the present, the past perfect verb had been allowed should instead be the present are allowed.
A Had been allowed should be are allowed

B The phosphate amount should be the amount ofphosphates; the meaning of the sentence is changed by the omission of any form ofallow

C The present tense reduces should be the past tensereduced; the phosphate amount should bethe amount ofphosphater, have been allowed should be are allowed

DCorrect. The past tense reduced is correctly used in this sentence to describe a past action, and the present tense are allowed is used to describe the present situation.

EThe present tense reduces should be the past tense reduced; allowed for dumping is an incorrect idiom;allowed for dumping by municipalities is awkward

正确答案是D

请问
（1）这里为是么要用are allowed,我觉得上面D的解释始终对一般现在时的一般性解释，而非对此提中are
allowed 的解释，是这样吗？
（2）是不是有关法律条文都必须用一般现在时？

mudiduange · 发表于 2010-12-28 01:03:02

were allowed 也可以
但不能用现在完成时和过去完成时

swimswan · 发表于 2011-3-2 19:41:50

OG 11-062中法律条文的解释

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