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827.    The science of economics, which for four decades
was dominated by Keynesians, who at first stressed the government’s
role in stimulating the economy, but who were ultimately led away from
solutions based on government intervention.
(A) economics, which for four decades was
(B) economics that was to be
(C) economics, one which has, for four decades, been
(D) economics is one that for four decades has been
(E) economics, for four decades, is one that was

Answer: D

请问有一条规则不是时间状语不能放在主语和谓语之间么？为什么本题却可以呢？

ＯＧ１９０就不行啊　 in the first period of religious reformism 不能放在主谓之间，否则不知道修饰谁

Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the victory of the Usuli “mujtahids” in Shiite Iran and Iraq.

(A) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and

(B) Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and also

(C) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, of the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and

(D) In the first period of religious reformism, manifestations of Islamic political militancy were shown in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and（E）

(E) In the first period of religious reformism, Islamic political militancy was manifested in the rise of the Wahhabis in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nigeria, and the Mahdi in the Sudan, and in

两道题反映的都是介词短语在句中的成份问题。

一般而言，介词短语可以作后置定语，也可以作状语，具体的功能依句意和在句中位置而定。

190中的in the first period of religious reformism 放于名词性主语后会产生歧义：到底是“在。。。期间的伊斯兰运动表现为”（后置定语），还是“伊斯兰运动，在。。。期间，表现为” （时间状语）？

827中的for four decades虽然位于主谓间，但它明显只能作时间状语，而没有作后置定语的歧义。因此是正确的。

所以并不是说时间状语不能放在主语和谓语之间，而是要看介词短语在句中的位置和句意来判断其合理性。