Since 1990 the global economy has grown more than it did during the 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture to 1950.
(A) Since 1990 the global economy has grown more than it did during the 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture
(B) Since 1990 the growth of the global economy has been more than that during 10,000 years, from when agriculture began
(C) The growth of the global economy since 1990 exceeds that which had been for 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture
(D) The growth of the global economy since 1990 exceeds what it has been for 10,000 years, from when agriculture began
(E) The growth of the global economy since 1990 exceeds what it did for the 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture
正确答案A,我选了B
我主要就是纠结于,from when的这个用法不对吗?为什么呢?
还有A里it的指代问题,1990年的global economy跟during the 10000 years的global economy肯定不是一样的啊,怎么能用it指代呢?
引用--
there's nothing ungrammatical about 'from when', because the clause starting with 'when' is a perfectly legitimate noun clause (i.e., 'when agriculture began' serves as a noun. however: