OG12SC-2 E的选项解释看不懂~~

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2. Although a surge in retail sales have raised hopes that there is a recovery finally under way, many economists say that without a large amount of spending the recovery might not last.
(A) have raised hopes that there is a recovery finally
(B) raised hopes for there being a recovery finally
(C) had raised hopes for a recovery finally being
(D) has raised hopes that a recovery is finally
(E) raised hopes for a recovery finally
考点：
Agreement; Rhetorical construction
考点解释：
The subject of the first clause, the singular noun surge, must take the singular verb has raised rather than the plural have raised. It is superfluous and pointless to say that people hope both that there is a recovery and that such a recovery is underway. In this context, there is adds nothing and can be omitted to create a more concise sentence.
选项说明：
A Subject and verb do not agree; there is … finally underway is awkward and wordy.
B For there being is awkward and wordy.
C Had raised is the wrong verb tense; for … being is awkward and wordy.
D Correct. In this sentence, the subject and verb agree, and the verb is in the appropriate tense; a recovery is finally is clear and concise.
E For a recovery finally is awkward and—to the extent that it can be seen as grammatical—does not make sense.
为什么“For a recovery finally” does not make sense?

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唐小丑

这是我在国外的gmat. forum 上看到的
Time frame is not given, so past tense will not be used. so B and E should be eliminated.
我想问simple past tense，是一定要有time frame的吗？


关于E答案为什么错？他是这样解释的
One way to say it is --- in the business world, and on the GMAT, decisive action is a good thing. Verbs are inherently the "action words" of any sentence. If you have a choice of describing an action with a verb vs. without a verb, 99 times out of 100 it will be wrong on the GMAT to describe an action without a verb. Consider (E) --- what are we hoping? "for a recovery finally under way." That's essentially an action without any verb. Not ideal on the GMAT.

Furthermore, it's an awkward construction. As a general rule, the construction the GMAT most likes with the word "hope" are
1) so-and-so hopes to do X (hope + infinitive)
2) so-and-so hopes that A does Y (hope plus substantive clause beginning with "that")
The GMAT frowns on
3) hope + participle
4) hope + (action with no verb at all)

The OA, (D), is of the form (hope + "that"-clause), a correct form, whereas (E) is of the form (verb + no-verb phrase), which is incorrect.

cathywang2013

赞 OG的解释确实很敷衍！！！ 我一开始以为是我太钻牛角尖了

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同问hope for 和hope that...

sharon1kks1

也不知道baby姐和抓抓姐还来不来

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babybearmm 发表于 2012-2-2 14:01
这题，我排除E的思路很简单——因为原句中用现在完成时没问题，所以不能改。E的过去时，从逻辑意思上看，也 ...

baby姐  ，那就是说hope for 和hope that 在这里不是排除的知识点了？那这两个短语有什么不同么

云游

babybearmm 发表于 2012-2-2 14:01
这题，我排除E的思路很简单——因为原句中用现在完成时没问题，所以不能改。E的过去时，从逻辑意思上看，也 ...

找到正解了，多谢版主姐姐分析，看来E中最主要的问题还是时态问题，因为主句中economists预测这个recovery可能不会再持续了，这个地方可看出这个必须要用现在完成时，才能表现recovery持续至今这层含义~所以E中的问题还是在meaning上！

ainiAnnie

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