OG12 语法26题

浆果

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. counumbering
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

答案选E选项
我想请问下 A选项错在哪里，E选项把原句的主句变从句，从句变成主句，Lily 老师说这是不对的。 为什么还选E而不选A  ？
谢谢各位牛牛

txsnowsea

这道题我也有疑惑，觉得哪个都不对：E选项中which在语法上不是应该就近修饰Dickinson吗？这样一来就有逻辑意思表达不清了呀，怎么还是正确答案呢？

-- by 会员 sunnylbs (2011/1/7 9:18:18)

which 修饰letter，是说xx‘s letter to xx，中心词在letter上。还有我认为二楼解释的很有道理。。句子主要是强调outnumber的。。。

sunnylbs

这道题我也有疑惑，觉得哪个都不对：E选项中which在语法上不是应该就近修饰Dickinson吗？这样一来就有逻辑意思表达不清了呀，怎么还是正确答案呢？

carlosh

我也是菜鸟，但是在这里发帖我经常受到冷落，不好受，我来试着讨论一下吧，A的outnumbering做伴随状语，楼主一定觉得是伴随were 但是也有可能是伴随ending吧？ 所以这里有歧义，加上对整个句子的理解，虽然新东方老师说A选项一般都代表原意，但是我在做题时发现很多题目A都有原意本身纠错的问题，这句话多读几遍后就会发现其实作者是想说明letter outnumber 其他letter这件事，A中将outnumber变成伴随成分，句子重点变为了写信的period，所以这里也有一点问题。 open to discuss