提问：OG13_Diagnostic_Verbal 41的解释

Amber.C

＊＊＊请教各位一个关于Diagnostic test中的Verbal 41的解释的问题＊＊＊
在解释中提到“as is done in the original sentence"（下文黄色提亮处），我不太明白这句话是指什么？
题目如下：
41. Excavators at the Indus Valley site of Harappa ineastern Pakistan say the discovery of inscribedshards dating to circa 2800–2600 B.C. indicate theirdevelopment of a Harappan writing system, the useof inscribed seals impressed into clay for markingownership, and the standardization of weights fortrade or taxation occurred many decades, if notcenturies, earlier than was previously believed.

• (A)  indicate their development of a Harappan writingsystem, the use of
• (B)  indicate that the development of a Harappanwriting system, using
• (C)  indicates that their development of a Harappanwriting system, using
• (D)  indicates the development of a Harappan writingsystem, their use of
• (E)  indicates that the development of a Harappanwriting system, the use of
  

Agreement; Idiom; Parallelism
In long sentences such as this one, therelationship between parts of the sentence may bedifficult to see. Here, the main clause of thesentence is excavators...say and the logicalsequence that follows is the discovery...indicatesthat. The subject of this first subordinate clause isthe singular noun discovery, which should befollowed by the singular verb indicates rather thanby the plural indicate, as is done in the original sentence. Their, used with either development oruse, has no clear or logical referent in any of thealternatives. The subject of the followingsubordinate (that) clause, which has occurred as itsverb, is a series of three phrases, which must beparallel, especially in a sentence of this length andcomplexity: the development of..., the use of..., andthe standardization of....
                                
                        
               

Amber.C

谢谢！非常感谢！我再想引申出来问个语法的问题：
The subject of this first subordinate clause isthe singular noun discovery, which should befollowed by the singular verb indicates rather thanby the plural indicate, as is done in the original sentence.

• 在这里as是什么作用（manhattan里面对as有过很多解释）？
• 同时as is done in the original sentence缺省的主语是那部分？
• 另外done的意思这里是不是对某个动词的替代？
  

Timetells

The subject of this first subordinate clause isthe singular noun discovery, which should befollowed by the singular verb indicates rather thanby the plural indicate, as is done in the original sentence.(如原文中所示，即选项A）
整句意思为：从句主语是单数discovery,应用单数动词indicates,而不是像原文所说，用复数indicate.

Amber.C

哪位大NN可以来下？

Amber.C

不好意思，我还是没看懂。对于indcate的单复数我理解，但是我不明白as is done in the original sentence.，有谁能从语法的角度分析这句话的主语是什么？可否还原成一句完整的句子？

摇曳的叶子

The subject of this first subordinate clause is the singular noun discovery, which should be followed by the singular verb indicates rather than by the plural indicate, as is done in the original sentence.
第一个从句的主语是单数名词discovery，应该后接谓语动词indicate应该是单数形式（indicate），而不是原句中的复数形式（indicates）。

Amber.C

。。。。楼上没看懂我的问题啊，我问的是解释中的一句话as is done in the original sentence，到底是什么意思。

ALEXLOVELIFE

原句主语是discovery,动词应该用三单indicates，而不是原句中用的indicate

Amber.C

anyone can help?