Prep12-30

wdybrian

A recent poll of elected officials suggests that candidates, when in the midst of a tough campaign, often make statements about an opponent that they may not think is true.
A) is
B) are
C) to be
D) of as
E) it is

选项C答案说：The phrase may not think to be true is a hypercorrection or a colloquialism. It makes sense, but it's awkward in Standard Written English.
不太明白为什么不能选C？我觉得make sth to be true 挺好的。。。求大牛指教，谢谢！

sunyuwei

solde 发表于 2014-10-6 18:15
同求啊，make statements that they may not think to be true为什么不可以呢？

真正的结构应该是这样的：often make statements （about an opponent） that (they may not think) are true.

solde

同求啊，make statements that they may not think to be true为什么不可以呢？

hualamizi

true应该是指statements而不能是opponent

暴躁的大叔

A recent poll of elected officials suggests that candidates often make statements about an opponent that they may not think are true.

你选C了 那么 that they may not think 是什么意思？ 这里精简来看应该是：

A recent poll of elected officials suggests that candidates often make statements about an opponent that are true.
that跳跃修饰statements