Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language.
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language. A. Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are B. Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are C. Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are D. Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, E. Neuroscientists have amassed, over the past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, 我错选了D答案是A。后来发现这是OG12的21题,于是看了解释为什么D不对,但是完全不能被说服。OG说The final descriptor in present tense, now drawing conclusions … does not fit the opening clause, which is in present-perfect tense (have amassed a wealth …) and seems to modify adulthood.
问题是我为什么不能把drawing 看做是现在分词,修饰前面的整个句子呢。 现在分词放在最后修饰前面整个句子太常见了而且这种修饰不存在时态一致的问题,前面句子无论用过去式还是现在式都可以被过去分词修饰。为什么OG非要说drawing这里是 in present tense呢?你可以说现在分词修饰的方法在这里会造成逻辑不对,我宁可接受这种说法告诉我D错了也无法接受OG的说法。