GWD1-Q29 的D选

GWD1-Q29:

Faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places have been cited by a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, which estimated that they did not count 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast.

B.       Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election has estimated that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted.

C.      Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted in the 2000 United States presidential election, a new study estimates.

D.      A new study has cited faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places in estimating that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes that were cast had not been counted in the 2000 United States presidential election.

E.       A new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, has estimated 4 million to 6 million votes had not been counted of the 100 million votes cast.

ans B

个人觉得是很好的题目，ACE的错误都很好找， 可是D中哪里错了不清楚， 是否是cite的用法有误？

请各位NN解答一下

谢谢

过去完成时应该有一个明确的过去的过去，而且前面是现在完成时啊，不可能表过去的过去的

我來試試看解答這問題,若解得不對,歡迎指教.謝謝

GWD1-Q29:

Faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places have been cited by a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, which estimated that they did not count 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast.

A.      Faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places have been cited by a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, which estimated that they did not count 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast.

B.      Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, a new study of the 2000 United States presidential election has estimated that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted.

C.      Citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast were not counted in the 2000 United States presidential election, a new study estimates.

D.      A new study
            has cited [
        faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places in estimating
            { that 4 million to 6 million of the 100 million (votes that were cast) }
         had not been counted in the 2000 United States presidential election. ]

E.      A new study of the 2000 United States presidential election, citing faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems at polling places, has estimated 4 million to 6 million votes had not been counted of the 100 million votes cast.

A錯在which的先行詞錯誤，合理的先行詞應該是study.

C分詞的描述對象變成是4 million to 6 million of the 100 million votes cast，語意完全不對。

D cited之後應該要接以that為首的名詞子句(紅色[  ]的地方)，省略不應該省的that.再則，這個子句裡結構過於複雜，不簡潔，所以也不選。faulty voting equipment, confusing ballots, voter error, and problems的真正動詞應該是had not been counted，當中又用了兩個that子句 { that……..cast} 應該是名詞子句，(vote that were cast)的that 應該是形容詞子句

E 則是使用的時態錯誤。過去完成時應該有一個明確的過去的過去，而且前面has estimated是現在完成時啊，不可能使用had not been counted。