OG2017 782

柠晓夏

782. November is traditionally the strongest month for sales of light trucks, but sales this past November, even when compared with sales in previous Novembers, accounted for a remarkably large share of total vehicle sales.
       A. but sales this past November, even when compared with sales in previous Novembers,
       B. but even when it is compared with previous Novembers, this past November’s sales
       C. but even when they are compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November
       D. so that compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November
       E. so that this past November’s sales, even compared with previous Novembers’ sales,


正确答案：A            我选的：E


哪位大神可以帮我解释一下E项的逻辑为什么不对？OG上说：introduces a nonsensical causal relationship, 但我理解的是：因为11月一直以来都销量很好，所以今年刚过去的11月的销量即使和往年比也占据总销量很大的比重。为什么会出现A中的“但是”转折关系？

ScarlettDeng

来自BeattheGMAT,https://www.beatthegmat.com/november-is-traditionally-t290570.html ,我觉得解析得不错，就搬运过来啦

It's testing LOGICAL COMPARISONS because of the use of "when compared with." Here are the two questions I ask myself whenever I see comparisons:

1. Logically, what do we mean to compare?
2. What is this sentence actually comparing (structurally)?

November is traditionally the strongest month for sales of light trucks, but sales this past November, even when compared with sales in previous Novembers, accounted for a remarkably large share of total vehicle sales.

1. Logically, what do we mean to compare? In this case: this November's sales to previous Novembers' sales. （对比的是这个十一月的销量和以往的十一月的销量）

2. What is this sentence actually comparing (structurally)? "sales... when compared with sales..." Looks good so far. （是销量与销量之间的对比）


B) but even when it is compared with previous Novembers, this past November’s sales

What is this actually comparing (structurally)? "It" to "Novembers." "It" seems to be referring to "this November's sales," so the pronoun doesn't agree. Incorrect. （it其实是想指的是过去这个十一月的销量，但是sales是复数，it 和sales 不符合agreement）


C) but even when they are compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November

What is this actually comparing (structurally)? "They" = sales. We can't compares "sales" to "Novembers." Incorrect. （they在这里想指向的是过去的这个十一月的销量，但是compared with 后面是previous Novembers，销量和月份对比，不平行）


D) so that compared with previous Novembers, sales of light trucks this past November

"So that" changes the meaning significantly. It would imply an extension of a previously stated idea, rather than a contrast. If the share of total vehicle sales is "remarkably large" for this November, we want to state that that's surprising EVEN THOUGH November is usually a strong month. （原文句子想表达的意思是，尽管十一月是全年销量最强劲的月份，但是过去的这个十一月异常地强劲，比过往的十一月都强劲）

Answer choices that get rid of a contrast word such as "but," "although," or "despite" are usually wrong, because the contrast is usually central to the meaning.


E) so that this past November’s sales, even compared with previous Novembers’ sales,

Same "so that" issue as in D. （so that和D中情况一致）


The correct answer is A.

fxxxfxxx

蛋白质男生 发表于 2017-7-26 20:35
平行需要：logically similar & structurally similar

这里compared with 前后的sales逻辑上平行，但是 ...

Learn from the OA, but not question the OA.

这个是正确答案里的，你为什么觉得sales this past November 不可以呢

sales this November, sales + Noun modifier, sales in previous November, sales + Noun modifer

结构上没有不平行。

况且这里并不是你说的 as.. as 或者是not only.. but also 这种结构，并没有要求前后结构完全一样。

蛋白质男生

fxxxfxxx 发表于 2017-7-26 17:43
sales和sales是平行的，sales this November 和 sales in previous Novembers 是平行的，平行规则是指什 ...

平行需要：logically similar & structurally similar

这里compared with 前后的sales逻辑上平行，但是结构上不平行啊（一个有介词，一个没介词）。
比如 A is as not .... , but as ... 这样结构不平行就是错的啊

另外sales this past November可以这样使用吗？？

蛋白质男生

平行需要：logically similar & structurally similar

这里compared with 前后的sales逻辑上平行，但是结构上不平行啊（一个有介词，一个没介词）。
比如 A is as not .... , but as ... 这样结构不平行就是错的啊

另外sales this past November可以这样使用吗？？

fxxxfxxx

蛋白质男生 发表于 2017-7-26 15:50
这道题我也有问题。。我觉得ABCDE五个答案都不对，A选项根据平行规则，不是应该说:sales in/of this past N ...

sales和sales是平行的，sales this November 和 sales in previous Novembers 是平行的，平行规则是指什么？

fxxxfxxx

蛋白质男生 发表于 2017-7-26 15:50
这道题我也有问题。。我觉得ABCDE五个答案都不对，A选项根据平行规则，不是应该说:sales in/of this past N ...

sales和sales是平行的，sales this November 和 sales in previous Novembers 是平行的，平行规则是指什么？

蛋白质男生

这道题我也有问题。。我觉得ABCDE五个答案都不对，A选项根据平行规则，不是应该说:sales in/of this past Nov.吗，少一个介词连接sales和 Nov.和后面的不平行啊


求高人解答。。。

AstridHua

我看了第一遍就把d和e排除了。。。我认为从句意来说，11月向来是销售高峰，但是这个11月比之前的11月销售的还好，占全年比重最多，所以应该用but引导后续做强调，而不是so，因为没啥因果关系。

fxxxfxxx

因为他说的是even when compared with previous Novembers’ sales啊，十一月一直很好，但是这个十一月，即使和之前的十一月比，仍然是remarkably的large share。你体会一下