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morsewang

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It was only after Katharine Graham becamepublisher of The WashingtonPost in 1963 that it moved

into the first rank of Americannewspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high

praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.

(A) It was only after Katharine Grahambecame publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it

moved into the first rank of Americannewspapers, and it was under her command that the paper

won high praise

(B) It was only after Katharine Graham'sbecoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it

moved into the first rank of Americannewspapers, and under her command it had won high praise

(C) Katharine Graham became publisher ofThe Washington Post in 1963, and only after that did it

move into the first rank of Americannewspapers, having won high praise under her command

(D) Moving into the first rank ofAmerican newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its

publisher in 1963, The Washington Post,winning high praise under her command

(E) Moving into the first rank ofAmerican newspapers only after Katharine Graham's becoming its

              publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won highpraise under her command
老题目了，看了各位NN关于it用法的讨论受益匪浅，但是我的问题是A选项中的after作为介词，后面跟Katharine Grahambecame publisher of The Washington Post 这个完整的主谓结构，不是有问题么？ 我觉得B选项中的 It was only after Katharine Graham'sbecoming publisher of The Washington Post看起来更合适啊？

求各位给点意见，谢谢

jtrchina

after三种用法：
1.preposition
2.conjunction
3.adverb

附朗文解释与例句：
Do you believe in life after death? （preposition）
Zimmerman changed his name after he left Germany （conjunction）
After leaving school, Mackay worked in a restaurant for a year （preposition）