OG16 SC#138求解

sunflower

138. Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.

A, same as above
B, Although Elizabeth Barrett Brwoning was considered among her contemporaries as a better poet than her husband, she was later overshadowed by his success.
C, Later overshadowed by the success of her husband, Elizabeth Barrett Brwoning's poetry had been considered among her contemporaries to be better than that of her husband.
D, Although Elizabeth Barrett browning's success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet.
E, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry was considered among her contemporaries as better than her husband, but her success was later overshadowed by his husband.

正确答案选D，可是D不是改变句意了吗，从A看，这句话的侧重点是EBB被她老公overshadow了，D强调的是EBB是比她老公更好的诗人。不是说语义为王吗？不解，求教各位牛人！谢谢！！

更新：我把OG的解释也打出来

Idiom;Verb Form; Pogical Predication
the sentence misuses the location the better poet. It is acceptbale to say a better poet than but not the better poet than. If you have already mentioned two poets X and Y, and you want to say that X is better than Y, you can either say X is a better poet than Y or simply, X is the better poet.

DANIELLLLLL

Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.

A, same as above  
两个问题：1.EB和success比较，错误。2."the better"只能用在句子前边已经出现了两个相比较的词，比如：Tuck and Yale are preeminent school, but TUCK is the better on MBA program. 在A中并没有先出现EB和her husband.
B, Although Elizabeth Barrett Brwoning was considered among her contemporaries as a better poet than her husband, she was later overshadowed by his success.
两个问题：1.EB和success比较，错误。2.“was considered among her contemporaries as”有歧义，一种意思是“EB被认为是她的同龄人中XXX"；另一种意思是“EB被她的同龄人认为是XXX"。
C, Later overshadowed by the success of her husband, Elizabeth Barrett Brwoning's poetry had been considered among her contemporaries to be better than that of her husband.
句首的modifier修饰了poetry,而不是EB,逻辑错误。
D, Although Elizabeth Barrett browning's success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet.
EB's sucess与that（=sucess） of her husband比较，正确。
E, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry was considered among her contemporaries as better than her husband, but her success was later overshadowed by his husband.
EB'S poetry和her husband比较，错误; success和his husband比较，错误。
关于这个题目我还有一点想法，idiom虽然可以作为判断的依据，但是并不是最优先级，我认为SC的判断的优先级应该是：句意>平行(比较也是平行的一种)>指代>modifier>idiom
因为GMAC并没有给出idiom的正确清单，在不同的句子中有可能原来认为错误的idiom就正确，比如OG16里的这题，关于A选项的解释就没有说consider to be 是错误的，其他选项的解释里也没有说consider as是错误的，我记得manhattan上的说consider sth sth是正确用法，consider sth to be用法存疑，consider as是错误的，但是没有明确的证据能说明GMAC也这样看，或许下次的题目中又正确了呢。当然，这题如果用idiom可以迅速排出ABE,剩下CD，然后可以马上选出D，考场上可能也是挺好方法。

sunflower

不知道为撒编辑不了，把各项答案的详细OG解析写在这里吧。
A，This version of the sentence misuses the idiom the better poet, most likely confusing it with the idiom a better poet than.

B, Was considered among her contemporaries as is awkward and unnecesarily creates a potential misreading ( she was considered to be among her contemporaries).

C, The subject here is Elizabeth Barrett Browing's poetry, not Elizabeth Barrett Browning, so the antecedent of her in her husband could comically be taken to be EBB's poetry. Furthermore, the tense of had been considered paires oddly with Later overshadowed. Each seems to be in reaction to some particular time T- later than T and earlier than T, but when T was or its significance is never indicated.

D. Correct. This version avoids the problems of the other versions.

E. This sentence comically compares EBB's poetry to her husband.

林佳音

DANIELLLLLL 发表于 2015-7-23 20:57
Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later  ...

Mark一下！               

961025

被污染的月光 发表于 2015-8-3 13:14
d选项的she好像指代了EBB，但是前文只有EBB‘s success， manhattan好像说这个用法是错误的，不过我看到有 ...

同意！               

961025

被污染的月光 发表于 2015-8-3 13:14
d选项的she好像指代了EBB，但是前文只有EBB‘s success， manhattan好像说这个用法是错误的，不过我看到有 ...

同意！               

pnwong

According to OG explanation and personal understanding, I summarize some key points in this case.
1. Be considered sth. "sth" should be subject to "touch rule". if not, that could be confusing to think of "other thing" which is closer to "considered" as the target.( in this point, D is better than others.)
2. The article "the" is incorrect because when comparing two objects, we use "a" rather than "the". (A should be eliminated.)
3. Past perfect is used to stress the subsequence and "signal tense". And the conjunction functioning as contrast should not be omitted because it changes the meaning of the sentence. ( C should be eliminated.)
4. When it comes to comparison, be agreed. (E should be eliminated.)

MS06

DANIELLLLLL 发表于 2015-7-23 20:57
Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later  ...

所以很多美国培训机构说SC简单其实一部分是因为SC往往不要求知识点全会就能做对。

rose.fan

D选项开始看起来也是改变了句意，但是后来看到the better poet能不能表明隐藏着EB和husband相比的意思呢？

canlan

被污染的月光 发表于 2015-8-3 13:14
d选项的she好像指代了EBB，但是前文只有EBB‘s success， manhattan好像说这个用法是错误的，不过我看到有 ...

我也是想看这个问题，搜到一个说法，跟代词指代模糊的情况一样，ron多次强调代词指代模糊不能作为绝对错误，所以这个指代问题，也不能作为绝对错误。只是在5个选项里找最好的，不是找the best ever。
不知道这样理解行不行
http://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-although-she-was-considered-among-her-contemporaries-to-be-the-be-201838.html

whybunny

被污染的月光 发表于 2015-8-3 13:14
d选项的she好像指代了EBB，但是前文只有EBB‘s success， manhattan好像说这个用法是错误的，不过我看到有 ...

就是想查这个问题，这是权威的答复么？我也记得Manhattan里面很清楚的讲过这样是错的

被污染的月光

d选项的she好像指代了EBB，但是前文只有EBB‘s success， manhattan好像说这个用法是错误的，不过我看到有一个instructor说现在好像允许这种用法了。。
Note the following:
In the OA, the referent for she (subject pronoun) seems to be Elizabeth Barrett Browning's (a possessive).
In years past, this sort of construction was thought to be an error on the GMAT.
The OA to SC138 in the OG16 establishes a precedent:
On the current GMAT, it is permissible for a subject pronoun such as she to serve to refer to a possessive.
http://www.beatthegmat.com/although-she-was-considered-among-her-contemporaries-to-be-t284514.html