请教OG12-31题 OG答案写得太飘逸...求详解

gmf

【Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were 】relatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.
(A) Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were
(B) Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being
(C) Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were
(D) Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were
(E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being

OG上说，A比较对象不对，这我能理解。
而，BC----wordy and awkward ;E----wordy and indirect...
哪里wordy，哪里awkward。。。晕死了

Faithy

OG上说 The sentence must not compare widespread convictions with McClintock herself.The clearest and most efficient way to make the comparision is to introduce McClintock's colleagues'convictions in a dependent clause,followed by a main clause that introduces McClintock's different way of doing things and goes on to explain how successful she was.
想问一下，是不是可以当做一个规律去记，就是“介绍一个人的两件事情或者两个行为，重要的作为first main verb,不太重要的作为它的从句”是比较prefer的表达方式？

ainiAnnie

C选项不好是肯定的，但是到底有没有语法错误？。。我想的有点多哈。。。

潇湘妃子zwhj

求教，那个 动词，它的名词，它的动名词，它的抽象意义的名词，到底怎么优先顺序来的。

gmf

哇 太谢谢啦~~~~受益匪浅

Serena0710

B选项 wordy的地方有二  1. were of the conviction 更好的表达如D所示  2. of gene being  很多情况下being是wordy的用法，但是在少数几种情况下being是正确的。可以查一下语法区 的疑难点，关于being讲的很详细
c选项 contary to  用的awkward了。contrary to一般不用于比较的开头
E中  首先being用在这里不好，显得wordy，因为relatively simple and static可以跟在gene后直接修饰gene


额，能讲出来的就这么多了。这题其实隐藏了很多GMAT的“潜规则”语法点，咱们平时高中大学时学的语法都不常用到这些。如LS所说，LZ看manhattan去吧~~对OG的诠释很好！

babybearmm

看看Manhattan SC吧，有好大一个表列了一些pattern
总结起来就是V>A>N