30. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era. (A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc (B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc (C) No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc (D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than (E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as
Besides being wordy, the clauses beginning What was in A and The thing that was in B cause inconsistencies in verb tense: the use of the new technology cannot logically be described by both the present perfect has been and the past was. In B and D, developing the compact disc is not parallel to the use of new technology to revitalize ... performances; in C, the best answer, the noun development is parallel to use. The phrases none the less ... than in D and no less... as in E are unidiomatic; the correct form of expression, no less ... than, appears in C, the best choice.
请问这个句子开头是倒装吗?是不是正常语序可以说: The development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable than the use of the new technology torevitalize revitalize |