请问OG-186：是motion to allow还是motion allowing?

186. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.

(A)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to

(B)  that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to

(C)  under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in

(D)  that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in

(E)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be con­fined to

首先承认原文的正确答案。这里只是想深究一下sth to do和sth doing的使用原则。

若原文改为a motion allowing 对不对？若对，那上述二个结构在使用上有何异同？OG-178有sth doing结构：

178. In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that benefit the public has risen dramatically.

急问有没有哪位NN对这两个结构有总结？？谢谢！

Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow: 不定式的动作者是judge

the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences allowing them: 分词修饰先行词

同意你对第二句的解释。但我个人觉得第一句中的to allow修饰的是a motion，而非Judge. 能否这样来看，就象：Judge Bonham accepted a motion to allow这一句子以及原句中，Judge的动作对象均是针对a motion，而a motion之后的成分则明确表达该motion的内容。

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hay!! you're right, I didn't see  the OG explanation.....

没错, 这个不定式修饰motion表目的; 但用allowing有ongoing的状态, 不那么恰当...

我还是不太明白。用分词作限定可以表示多次重复的动作，即a motion可多次允许这种行为；我觉得这种语境与sentences allowing是一样的。你觉得呢？

是不是motion 之后就要求用to do 结构，就象名词desire, need等？

对于motion的习惯用法，我已经查过了。根据朗文电子字典，motion作“会上的提议”之意时，固定结构要求是：motion to do sth或motion that。

所以，本题就不能将motion to allow改成motion allowing了。这归结到该名词的固定用法.

Anyone with divergent idea?