prep语法笔记2.0-183

ran2010zx

Despite recent increasesin sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocksto new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conservecash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
A.    to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B.    to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C.    to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D.    that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends c
E.    that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
后面说A,B选项不对是因为不平行，B后面要加setting，这里没看懂，各路牛人们帮帮忙哈

Arsenfan

谢版主解答，明了了~

aeoluseros

been与前面没有平行对象，后面加行have been setting这样就有set与前面的set平行。
用have been setting是现在完成进行时，即现在仍然这么设置分红。用现在完成时和一般现在时或许更好，但是have been setting也问题不大。