请教：动词分词得逻辑主语（885 sectionB 8）

happygmat05 · 发表于 2004-2-12 00:49:00

8.    One    pervasive    theory    explains    the    introduction    of    breakfast    cereals    in    the    early    1900s    as    a    result    of    the    growing    number    of    automobiles,    which    led    to    a    decline    in    horse    ownership    and    a    subsequent    grain    glut;    by    persuading    people    to    eat    what    had    previously    been    horse    feed,    market    equilibrium    was    restored.
(A)    by    persuading    people    to    eat    what    had    previously    been    horse    feed,    market    equilibrium    was    restored
(B)    persuading    people    to    eat    what    had    previously    been    horse    feed    restored    market    equilibrium
(C)    by    persuading    people    to    eat    what    had    previously    been    horse    feed,    it    restored    market    equilibrium
(D)    the    persuasion    of    people    to    eat    what    had    previously    been    horse    feed    restored    market    equilibrium
(E)    market    equilibrium    was    restored    when    people    were    persuaded    to    eat    former    horse    feed

这题的答案是B。而我选的是D。
看了前人的解释主要是如下：
有人认为：B和D的区别在于逻辑主语的不同，实际上是考主谓搭配的逻辑性，也就是说restore这个动作是谁来实施的，显然是persuading    people的动名词结构。
还有人认为：persuading    people    -    same    logic    subject    with    the    sentence    before    "One/The    theory    persuading    people..."
(D)of    people    -    different    logic    subject    "    the    persuasion    ..."

没有太懂，还望大家看看！
针对第一种看法：逻辑主语我认为可以是persuading    people也可以是the    persuasion    ，两者是都可以的！
针对第二种看法：One    pervasive    theory    是用来解释麦片增加的原因的，这个用于解释早已发生的事情的原理不可能回到过去去persuading    people吃麦片吧？
针对以上两点，还望大家解答》

看完答案后，我个人认为D的错误原因是the    persuasion    of    people    短语有歧义：到底是人们去persuasion还是人们被persuasion，看不出来！所以背对！不知我的理解对不对！

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fern · 发表于 2004-2-13 01:25:00

我觉得这句话要表达的是A这件事导致了B结果

A表示一个事件,一个动作,因而倾向用动名词而不是名词来表达,这样比较简洁

不知道这种想法对不对

happygmat05 · 发表于 2004-2-15 14:05:00

我也不清楚，看有没有NN来给我们解释一下！

tianwan · 发表于 2004-2-15 19:32:00

先讨论B:
1.动名词做主语可以不与特定的动作执行着联系在一起。所以persuading people to do sth直接做主语是可以的。
如：Crossing the Atlantic by plane takes only a few hours nowadays.
2.当然，动名词可以带自己的主语：Her going there won't do any harm.
所以，B肯定是没问题的。

讨论D:
实际上，persuasion of people to eat sth.=people's persuasion to eat sth.,
1.这不是一个惯用法。 to eat sth成了persuasion的定语，
2.即使这种用法成立，to eat sth这个不定式找不到主语，句子的意思变的含糊了。
D改为persuasion for people to eat sth.或许语法上不错，但是persuading people to eat sth.更简洁和惯用。

请NN指正。

happygmat05 · 发表于 2004-2-15 22:14:00

谢谢fern和tianwan的回答，我在读了N多遍D后，给我的感觉是：明显的D的含义没有B清楚。persuading people to eat 很清楚明白的说明是persuade的是people去eat，没有任何歧义。而在D中如果是如tianwan所说的people's persuasion to eat sth.的话，肯定是不对的，意思明显有歧义：是people去persuade别人而不是别人来persuade人们啦！而persuasion of people to eat sth.还是给我的感觉是象我开头说的那样有歧义，这也是tianwan所说的to eat sth这个不定式找不到主语,句子的意思变的含糊了!persuading people to eat 因此是最清楚的！

另外：我也查不到persuasion of sb. to do的说法，所以是不是这也是错误原因呢？

请教：动词分词得逻辑主语（885 sectionB 8）

请教：动词分词得逻辑主语（885 sectionB 8）

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