一道GWD和Prep的题~

zhepeking · 发表于 2011-1-27 20:31:50

Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

A.Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumbering

B.Dickinson were written over a period that begins a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ended shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

C.Dickinson, written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and that ends shortly before Emily’s death in 1886 and outnumbering

D.Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother, ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, and outnumbering
E.Dickinson, which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886, outnumber

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-1-27 20:50:19

lz请看：
这句话是这样的——Emily Dickinson’s letters to Susan Huntington outnumber her letters to anyone else.
outnumber是整句话的谓语动词。
which were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan’s marriage to Emily’s brother and ending shortly before Emily’s death in 1886是修饰letters的。
这道题是有点儿复杂的。

zhepeking · 发表于 2011-1-27 21:41:50

A中outnumbering 分词短语作状语为什么不可以呢？

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-1-27 21:53:27

动词由于分词，这是根据GMAT 的简洁原则：
实义名词>v.>adj.>抽象n.>分词或动名词>从句

zhepeking · 发表于 2011-1-27 22:08:49

谢谢evelyn205205，这里的简洁原则我明白，不过本题中原句的逻辑重心在信的时间上，outnumber后面的只是其补充说明的作用，而E选项直接就把句子的逻辑重心改变了，不是说在原句没有明显语法错误的情况下，不要轻易改变其意思么，我想这里的意思也包括其要表达的逻辑重点吧~

但是答案是E，所以我觉得是不是A里面确实有致命的语法错误才导致不能选，而不仅仅是因为表达方式上不如E好

aeoluseros · 发表于 2011-1-27 22:13:27

逻辑上讲，outnumber作为整句的核心是最合适的。but judging from it is demanding and not recommended.
语法上讲，outnumbering离其修饰的成分were written太远，在读到outnumbering的时候我已经confuse它在修饰谁了，语法上已经去就近修饰ending了（ending也是一个动名词）。

zhepeking · 发表于 2011-1-27 22:27:41

谢谢版大，关于分词修饰的问题还是拿捏不好，尤其是该修饰的对象，我再理解理解吧

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